The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
65. Submission of
statements to conciliator.
1.
The
conciliator, upon his appointment, may request each party to submit to him a
brief written statement describing the general nature of the dispute and the
points at issue. Each party shall send a copy of such statement to the other
party.
2.
The
conciliator may request each party to submit to him a further written statement
of his position mid the facts and grounds in support thereof, supplemented by
any documents and other evidence that such puny deems appropriate. The party
shall send a copy of such statement, documents and other evidence to the other
party.
3.
At
any stage of the conciliation proceedings, the conciliator may request a party
to submit to him such additional information as he deems appropriate.
Explanation.-In this
section and all the following sections of this Part, the term conciliator"
applies to a sole conciliator, two or, three conciliators, as the case may be.