(1) Any community mediation shall be conducted by
the panel of three community mediators referred to in sub-section (3) of section 43 who shall devise
suitable procedure for the purpose of resolving the dispute.
(2) The community mediators shall endeavour to resolve disputes through community mediation
and provide assistance to parties for resolving disputes amicably.
(3) In every case where a settlement agreement is arrived at through community mediation under
this Act, the same may be reduced into writing with the signature of the parties and authenticated by
the community mediators, a copy of which be provided to the parties and in cases where no settlement
agreement is arrived at, a non-settlement report may be submitted by the community mediators to the
Authority or the District Magistrate or the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, as the case may be, and to the
parties.
(4) Any settlement agreement arrived at under this Chapter shall be for the purpose of maintaining
the peace, harmony and tranquillity amongst the residents or families of any area or locality but shall
not be enforceable as a judgment or decree of a civil court.
(5) The provisions of section 20 shall, mutatis mutandis apply, in relation to the registration of
mediated settlement agreement under this section.