Rule 22. Form of arbitration agreement and manner of signing by parties thereto

(1) The employer and workers may agree to refer any industrial dispute to arbitration by entering into an arbitration agreement as provided in Form- V.

(2) The arbitration agreement referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be signed by the parties to the said agreement and it shall be accompanied by the consent, either in writing or electronically, of arbitrator or arbitrators.

(3) The arbitration agreement referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be signed (i) in case of an employer, by the employer himself, or when the employer is an incorporated company or other body corporate, by the agent, manager or other officer of the company or corporation authorized for such purpose;

(ii) in the case of workers, by the officer of the registered Trade Union authorized in this behalf or by five representatives of the workers duly authorized in this behalf at a meeting of the concerned workers held for such purpose; and

(iii) in the case of an individual worker, by such worker himself or by an officer of the registered Trade Union, of which the worker is a member, or by another worker in the same establishment duly authorized by him in this behalf.

Explanation.–- For the purposes of this rule, the term ― “officer”,–

(a) in case of an association of the employers, means any officer of such association of the employers authorized for such purpose; and

(b) in case of a registered Trade Union, means any of the following officers of such Trade Union authorized for such purpose, namely:–

(i) President; or

(ii) Vice-President; or

(iii) Secretary (including the General Secretary); or

(iv) a Joint Secretary; or

(v) any other officer of such Trade Union authorized in this behalf by the President and Secretary of such Trade Union.