Rule 18. Form of arbitration agreement and the manner thereof under sub-section (3) of section 42

Chapter V — Voluntary Reference of Disputes to ArbitrationMade under The Industrial Relations Code, 2020No. KHR-2021-129-IDA-122020-539471-M(2), 5 Oct 2021

Official text

(1) Where the employer and workers agree to refer the dispute to arbitration, the Arbitration Agreement shall be in FORM-III and shall be signed by the parties to the agreement. The agreement shall be accompanied by the consent either in writing or electronically of arbitrator or arbitrators.
(2) 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 corporation authorized for such purposes;
(ii) In the case of the workers by the officer of the registered Trade Union authorized in this behalf or by three representatives of the workers duly authorized in this behalf at a meeting of the concerned workers held for such purpose;
(iii) In the case of an individual worker, an individual worker by the worker himself or by an officer of registered Trade Union of which the worker is a member:
Explanation. - (1) In this rule, the expression ‘officer’ means any officer of a registered Trade Union or an association of the employer authorized for such purpose;
(2) In this rule ‘officer’ means any of the following officers, namely: -(a.) the President; (b.) the Vice-President; (c.) the Secretary (including the General Secretary); (d.) a Joint Secretary; and (e.) any other officer of the Trade Union authorized in this behalf by the President and Secretary of the union.

Source: The Industrial Relations (Gujarat) Rules, 2021, No. KHR-2021-129-IDA-122020-539471-M(2) — Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part I-L, 5 October 2021 (as sent for publication), p. 9 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 9 · official download · all sources

Text from the Labour and Employment Department's copy of the notification, as sent to the Government Central Press for publication in the Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary, Part I-L, of 5 October 2021. Its last page (the end of the last Form, and the signature) is a scanned image, so it is not reproduced here; read it in the official PDF.