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THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR CONCILIATION COURTS ACT, 1986 THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR CONCILIATION COURTS ACT, 1986 (ACT XIV OF 1986) [Dated March 9, 1986] AN ACT to make the provisions for the establishment of conciliation courts in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. WHEREAS the Local Government Institutions have been set up and it is expedient to make provisions for the establishment of conciliation courts to enable the people .to settle certain disputes through conciliation, and for matters ancillary thereto: It is hereby enacted as follows.- 19. Pending cases.---- This Act shall not apply to cases referable under this Act to conciliation which immediately before the coming into force of this Act are pending in any civil or criminal court, and such cases shall be disposed of by those Courts as if this Act had not been promulgated; Provided that if all the parties to any such case agree to have the same decided by a Conciliation Court, the proceedings thereof shall terminate, and the case shall be referred to conciliation in accordance with the provisions of this Act.