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| (1) Where a Panel has been appointed for a Mediation Board area, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no proceeding in respect of any dispute arising wholly or partly within that areas or an offence alleged to have been committed within that area shall be instituted in, or be entertained by any court of first instance if
| | (a) the dispute is in relation to movable or immovable property or a debt, damage or demand, which does not exceed twenty-five thousand rupees in value ; or | | |
| | (b) the dispute gives rise to a cause of action in a court not being an action specified in the Third Schedule to this Act; or | | |
| | (c) the offence is an offence specified in the Second Schedule to this Act, unless the person instituting such action produces the certificate of non-settlement referred to in section 12 or section 14 (2) : | | |
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| (2) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall apply to any civil proceedings in respect of a dispute, where one of the disputants is the state or in respect of a dispute relating to the recovery of any property, money or other dues by a public officer acting in his capacity as such officer or to an offence in respect of which proceedings are instituted by the Attorney-General. |
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