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The Director General may take such steps as may be necessary or expedient with a view to
bringing the parties to commence collective bargaining without undue delay. Once this
happened the a trade dispute shall be deemed to exist upon the matters set out in the invitation.
By section 14 of the IRA, A collective agreement shall be in writing and signed by the parties to
the agreement or by persons authorized in that behalf. A collective agreement shall set out the
terms of the agreement and shall, where appropriate (a) name the parties thereto;
(b) specify the period it shall continue in force which shall not be less than three years from
the date of commencement of the agreement;
(c) prescribe the procedure for its modification and termination; and
(d) unless there exists appropriate machinery established by virtue of an agreement between
the parties for the settlement of disputes, prescribe the procedure for the adjustment of
any question that may arise as to the implementation or interpretation of the agreement
and reference of any such question to the Court for a decision.
The terms of the collective agreement must not be less favourable to workmen than those
contained in Part XII of the Employment Act 1955 as provided by section 15 of the IRA.
Once the collective agreement had been signed, by section 16, signed by both party copy of the
collective agreement shall be jointly deposited by the parties with the Registrar within one month
from the date on which the agreement has been entered into and the Registrar shall thereupon
bring it to the notice of the Court for its cognizance. The court shall thereby give cognizance of
it.