Section 5BState of Uttar Pradesh Act
Section 5B: [ Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration. [Inserted by U.P. Act No. 1 of 1957.]
[ Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration. [Inserted by U.P. Act No. 1 of 1957.]
(1)
Where any industrial dispute exists or is apprehended and the employer and the workmen agree to refer the dispute to arbitration, they may, at any time before the dispute has been referred under Section 4-K to a Labour Court or Tribunal, by a written agreement, refer the dispute to arbitration and the reference shall be to such person or persons (including the Presiding Officer of a Labour Court or a Tribunal) as an arbitrator or arbitrators as may be specified in the arbitration agreement.(2)
An arbitration agreement referred to in sub-section (1) shall be in such form and shall be signed by the parties thereto in such manner as may be prescribed.(3)
A copy of the arbitration agreement shall be forwarded to the State Government, the Conciliation Officer and Labour Commissioner, and the State Government shall within fourteen days from the date of receipt of such copy, publish the same in the official Gazette.(4)
The arbitrator or arbitrators shall investigate the dispute and submit to the State Government the arbitration award signed by the arbitrator or all the arbitrators, as the case may be.(5)
Nothing in the Arbitration Act, 1940 shall apply to arbitrations under this section.]Previous
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