8. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 14 and shall have effect as sections 14A and 14B of the principal enactment :
| 14A. Where a settlement of any dispute or enactment offence or the resolution of any differences that have arisen between the disputants after a settlement, has not been possible under the provisions of this Act, the Chairman or the Chief Mediator, as the case may be, shall issue a certificate of non-settlement in the prescribed form signed by the Chairman or the Chief Mediator, as the case may be, stating that it has not been possible to settle such dispute or offence by mediation and stating therein the reason for non-settlement. |
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| | (1) A certificate of non-settlement purporting to be issued under section 14A and signed by the Chairman or the Chief Mediator, as the case may be, may be given in evidence in any action or proceeding instituted in any court although such person is not called as a | | |
| | (2) The court may presume that the signature on any certificate of non-settlement is genuine and that the person signing it held the office he professed to hold at the time he signed it: | | |
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