CPA 75 — Empanelment of mediators

Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Statutory text

(1) For the purpose of mediation, the National Commission or the
State Commission or the District Commission, as the case may be, shall prepare a panel of the mediators to  be  maintained  by  the  consumer  mediation  cell  attached  to  it,  on  the  recommendation  of  a  selection committee consisting of the President and a member of that Commission.
(2)  The  qualifications  and  experience  required  for  empanelment  as  mediator,  the  procedure  for empanelment, the manner of training empanelled mediators, the fee payable to empanelled mediator, the terms  and  conditions  for  empanelment,  the  code  of  conduct  for  empanelled  mediators,  the  grounds  on which,  and  the  manner  in  which,  empanelled  mediators  shall  be  removed  or  empanelment  shall  be cancelled and other matters relating thereto, shall be such as may be specified by regulations.
(3) The panel of mediators prepared under sub-section (1) shall be valid for a period of five years, and the empanelled mediators shall be eligible to be considered for re-empanelment for another term, subject to such conditions as may be specified by regulations.

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