Settlement by conciliation
23 Settlement by conciliation
If before or during the hearing of any proceedings it appears to a competent court either from the nature of the case or from the attitude of the parties that there is a reasonable possibility of matters in dispute between the parties being settled by conciliation, it may —
interview the parties in private (either with or without any person who may be representing any of them or assisting any of them in the presentation of the party’s case); and
endeavour to bring about a settlement of the proceedings on terms that are fair to all parties.
Nothing said or done in the course of any attempt to settle proceedings under this section shall subsequently be given in evidence in any proceedings nor shall the judicial officer who presided be thereby disqualified from hearing or continuing to hear the proceedings if the judicial officer thinks fit to do so.
Where proceedings are settled under this section, the court may embody the terms of the settlement in an order.
The order is valid despite any inconsistency with Part IV or V.
[Section 23 amended: No. 50 of 1988 s. 18; No. 59 of 2004 s. 120(2) and (3) and 121; No. 60 of 2011 s. 20.]
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