Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 171A

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171A. On the day appointed for the first hearing, the Court shall examine prima facie whether, due to circumstances of the particular case, there are grounds to refer the issue to mediat ion, and the following provisions shall apply: (a) the Court shall give a decree to the effect, in camera , on the appointed day itself; Cap. 474. (b) the provisions of article 18 of the Mediation Act shall apply when the Court decrees that an attempt should be made to resolve the dispute by means of mediation; (c) no appeal shall lie against Court decree, delivered in terms of paragraph ( a); and (d) the provisions of this article shall not apply in instances when an obligation to resort to mediation arises under another law or in cases of judicial review under article 469A or in cases where the Civil Court acts in its constitutional jurisdiction. CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE [CAP. 12. 55 Mode of procedure in appeals from judgments of inferior courts. Amended by: XI.1859.8; VII.1880.8; IX.1886.26; XV .1913.56; XXVII.1979.10; VIII.1990.3; XXIV .1995.82; XXII.2005.30.

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