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CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS

Section 61: Amendment of 26 of 1996

The Mediation Act, 2023

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, shall be amended in the manner specified in the Sixth Schedule.

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  1. 1. Consider the following statements about the Sixth Schedule to the Mediation Act, 2023, which amends the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and takes effect only when Section 61 of the Mediation Act is brought into force: 1. It substitutes Sections 61 to 81 of the 1996 Act with two new sections. 2. It provides that conciliation proceedings initiated under the old Sections 61 to 81 before the commencement of the Mediation Act shall continue as if that Act had not been enacted. 3. It provides that references to conciliation under the 1996 Act and the CPC shall be construed as references to arbitration. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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