Award on whom binding

All award of an arbitrator, a Labour Court, the Industrial Court or a Board shall be binding on— (a) all parties in the industrial dispute; (b) all parties who were summoned to appear as parties to the dispute whether they appeared or not; (c) in the case of an employer who is a party to the arbitration proceeding the successors-in-interest, heirs and assignees in respect of the undertaking to which the dispute relates; (d) in the case of a representative Union, any other union or the Labour Officer who is party to a dispute, all persons represented by it, on the date of the award, as well as thereafter.