Furthermore, section 19 of the Civil Procedure Code empowers the court for the purpose of conciliation, to order litigants in the proceedings to be present in court although legal representative is appointed. The sanction for disobeying the court order to make a personal appearance is contempt of court. There some practical points used in court-annexed conciliation where judge acts conciliator in Thailand . Conciliation is conducted in a conference room not in the court room. Formalities are dispensed with.
Secrecy is enforced.
Public and the press are barred from witnessing the conciliation proceedings. Non-disclosure agreement is made. Without prejudice condition is added to facilitate the invention of options for compromise. Although the law allows conciliation without attorney, in practice the conciliator never discourages the present of an attorney. Attemp to do so is likely to have an adverse effect on the trust of the parties in dispute towards the conciliator.