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| (1) Where a Panel of Conciliators has been constituted for any Conciliation Board area,-
| | (a) no proceedings in respect of any dispute referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 6 shall be instituted in, or be entertained by, a civil court unless the person instituting such proceedings produces a certificate from the Chairman of such Panel that such dispute has been inquired into by a Conciliation Board and it has not been possible to effect a settlement of such dispute by the Board, or that a settlement of such dispute made by a Conciliation Board has been repudiated by all or any of the parties to such settlement in accordance with the provisions of section 13; | | |
| | (b) no prosecution for any such offence specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Act as is alleged to have been committed in such Conciliation Board area shall be instituted in, or be entertained by, any court unless the person instituting such prosecution produces a certificate from the Chairman of such Panel that the alleged offence has been inquired into by a Conciliation Board and has not been compounded; and | | |
| | (c) no prosecution for any such offence specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Act as is alleged to have been committed in such Conciliation Board area shall be instituted in, or be entertained by, any court unless the person instituting such prosecution produces a certificate from the Chairman of such Panel that the alleged offence has been inquired into by a Conciliation Board and the Board has or has not recommended to the Attorney-General that the Attorney-General's consent may be given to the compounding of such offence. | | |
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| (2) It shall be the duty of the Chairman of every Panel of Conciliators to issue the certificates required for the purposes of subsection (1) upon application made to him in that behalf. |
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