law: The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 
  18. Reference to
  
  micro and small enterprises facilitation council.-
  1.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, any party to a
  
  dispute may, with regard to any amount due under section 17, make a reference
  
  to the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council.
  2.     
  
    On
  
  receipt of a reference under sub-section (1), the Council shall either itself
  
  conduct conciliation in the matter or seek the assistance of any institution or
  
  centre providing alternate dispute resolution services by making a reference to
  
  such an institution or centre, for conducting conciliation and the provisions
  
  of sections 65 to 81 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 shall apply
  
  to such a dispute as if the conciliation was initiated under Part III of that
  
  Act.
  3.     
  
    Where
  
  the conciliation initiated under sub-section (2) is not successful and stands
  
  terminated without any settlement between the parties, the Council shall either
  
  itself take up the dispute for arbitration or refer to it any institution or centre
  
  providing alternate dispute resolution services for such arbitration and the
  
  provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 shall then apply to
  
  the dispute as if the arbitration was in pursuance of an arbitration agreement
  
  referred to in sub-section (1) of section 7 of that Act.
  4.     
  
  
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Micro and
  
  Small Enterprises Facilitation Council or the centre providing alternate
  
  dispute resolution services shall have jurisdiction to act as an Arbitrator or
  
  Conciliator under this section in a dispute between the supplier located within
  
  its jurisdiction and a buyer located anywhere in India.
  5.     
  
    Every
  
  reference made under this section shall be decided within a period of ninety
  
  days from the date of making such a reference.