(1) A party to a dispute over a housing lease provided for in any subparagraph of Article 14(2), may file an application for conciliation of the dispute with the conciliation committee having jurisdiction over the region in which the relevant house is located. <Amended on Jul. 31, 2020>
(2) The conciliation committee shall inform an applicant who files an application for conciliation, of matters prescribed by Presidential Decree concerning dispute conciliation, such as the process and effect of the conciliation.
(3) In any of the following cases, the chairperson of a conciliation committee shall reject an application. In such cases, he or she shall give notice of the grounds for rejection to the applicant: <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>
1. Where a lawsuit concerning the subject matter of the dispute has been filed with the court, or where a lawsuit has been filed after an application for conciliation was submitted;
2. Where an application for conciliation has been submitted under the Judicial Conciliation of Civil Disputes Act with respect to the subject matter of the dispute, or where an application for conciliation has been submitted under the same Act after an application for conciliation was submitted;
3. Where an application for conciliation has been submitted to a conciliation committee under this Act with respect to the subject matter of dispute, or where the conciliation has been completed after an application for conciliation was submitted;
4. Where it is evident that an application for conciliation, itself, is unrelated to a dispute over a housing lease;
5. Where the respondent gives notice of his or her intention not to participate in the conciliation process;
6. Where the applicant fails to respond to an inquiry without due cause or fails to comply with the request for attendance on two or more occasions.[This Article Added on May 29, 2016]