POSH Act Section 10 — Conciliation
CHAPTER IV COMPLAINT
Service / Employment
Summary
Sub-section (1) allows the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, before starting an inquiry under section 11, to take steps to settle the matter between the aggrieved woman and the respondent through conciliation, but only if the aggrieved woman requests it. However, no monetary settlement can be used as the basis for this conciliation.
Sub-section (2) states that if a settlement is reached under sub-section (1), the Internal Committee or the Local Committee must record the settlement and forward it to the employer or the District Officer to take action as specified in the recommendation.
Sub-section (3) requires the Internal Committee or the Local Committee to provide copies of the recorded settlement to both the aggrieved woman and the respondent.
Sub-section (4) provides that once a settlement is reached under sub-section (1), no further inquiry shall be conducted by the Internal Committee or the Local Committee.
Official Text
(1) The Internal Committee or, as the case may be, the Local Committee, may, before initiating an inquiry under section 11 and at the request of the aggrieved woman take steps to settle the matter between her and the respondent through conciliation:
Provided that no monetary settlement shall be made as a basis of conciliation.
(2) Where settlement has been arrived at under sub-section (1), the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall record the settlement so arrived and forward the same to the employer or the District Officer to take action as specified in the recommendation.
(3) The Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall provide the copies of the settlement as recorded under sub-section (2) to the aggrieved woman and the respondent.
(4) Where a settlement is arrived at under sub-section (1), no further inquiry shall be conducted by the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be.
