1. The Committee shall be competent to hear any dispute arising between the parties to a Commercial Agency registered with the Ministry. No action shall be admitted before courts in this regard before referral to the Committee. The Committee shall start hearing the dispute within twenty-two (22) working days from the date of submission of the application for hearing the dispute thereto if the application is complete or from the date of completion of the required documents. For the purpose of performing its duties, the Committee may solicit the assistance of any person it deems fit. In all cases, the Committee shall decide on the dispute within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of submission of the application. Otherwise, either party may resort to courts within sixty (60) days from the date of lapse of such time limit. 2. The Committee's decision and referral of the dispute to courts shall not be subject to challenge after the lapse of sixty (60) days from the date of notification of the Committee's decision which, in such case, shall have the same force of a writ of execution.
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