Section 6June 11, 1978, Sec./Art. 6

Conciliation, pre-condition to filing of complaint. No complaint, petition, action or proceeding involving any matter within the authority of the Lupon as provided in Section 2 hereof shall be filed or instituted in court or any other government office for adjudication unless there has been a confrontation of the parties before the Lupon Chairman or the Pangkat and no conciliation or settlement has been reached as certified by the Lupon Secretary or the Pangkat Secretary, attested by the Lupon or Pangkat Chairman, or unless the settlement has been repudiated. However, the parties may go directly to the court in the following cases:

1. Where the accused is under detention;

2. Where a person has otherwise been deprived of personal liberty calling for habeas corpus proceedings;

3. Actions coupled with provisional remedies such as preliminary injunction, attachment, delivery of personal property and support pendente lite; and

4. Where the action may otherwise be barred by the Statute of Limitations.