def dispatch_event(self, event_, **kwargs):
        """
        Dispatch section event.

        Notes:
            You MUST NOT call event.trigger() directly because
            it will circumvent the section settings as well
            as ignore the section tree.

            If hooks are disabled somewhere up in the tree, and enabled
            down below, events will still be dispatched down below because
            that's where they originate.
        """
        if self.settings.hooks_enabled:
            result = self.hooks.dispatch_event(event_, **kwargs)
            if result is not None:
                return result

            # Must also dispatch the event in parent section
            if self.section:
                return self.section.dispatch_event(event_, **kwargs)

        elif self.section:
            # Settings only apply to one section, so must still
            # dispatch the event in parent sections recursively.
            self.section.dispatch_event(event_, **kwargs)