6. Replacement of section 12 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:-

12. (1) The Chairman or the Chief

Mediator, shall issue to the disputants a certificate of non-settlement in the prescribed form signed by the Chairman or the Chief Mediator, in the case of an application made under section 6, as provided for in section 14A stating therein any of the following reasons for non-settlement:-

(a)

where it is not possible to constitute a Board under section 9, due to the non-appearance by one of the disputants for two consecutive dates, after due notification or after the expiry of three months from the date of making the application, whichever occurs first; or

”Where no settlement is possible

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(b)

upon a Board having been constituted under section 9, where-

(i)

the disputants do not agree to a settlement;

(ii)

it is not possible to arrive at a settlement due to the absence of one of the disputants after due notification; or

(iii)

one of the disputants requests the issuance of a certificate under section 14A after the expiry of three months from the date of making the application.

(2)

The Chairman or the Chief

Mediator, shall issue a report in the prescribed form signed by the Chairman or the Chief Mediator, in the case of a dispute referred by any court under section 7 or 8, to such court stating that it has not been possible to settle the dispute by mediation and stating therein any of the following reasons for non-settlement:-

(a)

(b)

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(i)

the disputants do not agree to a settlement; or

(ii)

it is not possible to arrive at a settlement due to the absence of one of the disputants after due notification.”.

Read on from s 7