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