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This document
contains important information regarding the terms and conditions
which apply to your account with Master Capital Services Ltd.
Member of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. registered with
the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as a stock
broker with SEBI Registration No.
INB230643634
for Cash segment and
INF230643634 for
Derivatives segment) and MTL SHARE & STOCK BROKERS LTD, Member of
Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (also registered with the Securities &
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as a stock broker with SEBI
Registration No.
INB011004331for
Cash segment . Your access to and use of your account is subject
to your compliance with all the terms and conditions set forth
herein. PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY and retain it for
future reference.
The website is jointly owned,
operated and maintained by MCSL and MTL [MASTER CAPITAL
SERVICES LTD. and MTL SHARE & STOCK BROKERS LTD. have been
collectively referred to as after mastertrust, companies duly
incorporated under the Companies Act,1956 and having their
Please note that the information
contained herein is subject to change without notice
I.ii Registration for use of the
Facilities and Services
(a) Any person visiting the Web Site may
access and use the Facilities by establishing an online persona
with a unique 'Client ID' and 'Password', in the manner as
indicated on the Web-Site. Facilities shall mean and include any
information, materials, documents, chat-room facilities, downloads
(software or otherwise), data, stock market quotation ticker tape
facilities, and all other information and utilities contained or
accessible on or through the Web Site as may be provided on the
Web Site from time to time, [other than any information directly
required in relation to the Services].
(b) Only persons who enter into an
agreement with the mastertrust and who have been provided with a
unique Trading Password for online trading and unique Client Code
for offline trading by the mastertrust in the manner as
indicated on the Web-Site for online trading and give exact code
for offline trading respectfully shall be entitled to avail the
Services provided by the mastertrust.
(c) The Terms shall be
deemed to form part of the mastertrust-Constituent Agreement and
shall be deemed to be incorporated therein to the same extent as
if these provisions had been set forth in full therein. The
Constituent's entitlement to avail the Services or any part
thereof shall be subject to compliance with all the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
II CONDITIONS OF USE OF THE SERVICES
II.i Subject Matter of the Services
The Services offered by the
mastertrust include the sale and purchase of dematerialised
securities trading (in e-trading account on the internet and also
in off-line trading.
II.ii Order Entry
(a) The Constituent shall be entitled
to place an order for the sale or purchase of any Admitted
Security at any time, regardless of the duration of the trading
hours of the Exchage, through e-mail, writing, telephonic
placement by the Constituent or his duly authorised
representatives whose particulars has been provided by the
Constituent to the mastertrust and on receipt of such
instructions those orders shall be forwarded for the execution.
(b) All orders entered by
Constituent, either electronically or otherwise as detailed above,
are based upon their investment decisions and their sole
responsibility and will not hold, nor seek to hold the
mastertrust or any of its officers, directors, employees,
agents, subsidiaries or affiliates, liable for any trading losses
or other losses incurred by Constituent, including in the event
that any order is placed by the Constituent on the basis of the
Facilities or any information (including any investment
information, advice, research reports, or any other information)
that may be made available on the Web-Site.
(c) The mastertrust shall be deemed
to not have received any order whether electronically transmitted
or otherwise until it has confirmed the receipt of such order as
mentioned in sub-clause II.ii (a).
(d) The Constituent agrees that
placing an order with the mastertrust, either electronically or
otherwise, does not guarantee execution of the order, regardless
of the confirmation by the mastertrust of the receipt of the
order and/or its execution and the mastertrust shall not be
liable for any losses, damage or claims on account of the
non-execution of any order placed.
(e) The Constituent hereby accepts
all responsibility for knowing the status of all corporate
benefits like rights and bonus issues, dividends and stock splits
of shares he/she/it intends to trade in or held in his/her/its
account. The Constituent further accepts all responsibility for
knowing the correct ISIN numbers of the shares in his/her/its
account and the eligibility of the shares to meet share pay in
obligations to the NSE/BSE whether received by way of purchases,
rights, bonuses, stock splits, off market transfers or otherwise.
(f) Prior to placing an order in
connection with the sale/purchase or transfer of any securities in
which Constituent requires any form of regulatory or other
permission, the Constituent must advise the mastertrust of the
status of the securities and furnish necessary documents including
opinions of legal counsel prior to the execution of the order. The
Constituent acknowledges and accepts that delays may occur in
relation to the processing of such orders, despite the necessary
documents being furnished in a timely manner. The mastertrust
may at its sole discretion refuse to execute any such order till
it is satisfied of the legality of the transaction. The
Constituent is responsible for all costs associated with
compliance or failure to comply with all the regulatory
requirements and hereby agrees to fully indemnify the
mastertrust from any costs, losses, claims or other liability
arising on account of such orders.
II.iii Order Execution
(a) In the event that the order is
placed during the trading hours of the NSE/BSE, it shall be routed
to and executed on the market system. However, in the event that
the order is placed at any other time, the order shall be routed
to and executed during the next succeeding trading session of the
NSE/BSE.
(b) The Constituent agrees and
appoints the mastertrust as its agent to take all necessary
measures to complete the transactions and hereby authorises the
mastertrust to make any and all advances and expend monies as
may be required.
(c) The Constituent acknowledges that
whilst orders are normally routed through the market systems
almost simultaneously with the placing of the order, the
Constituent is aware that the mastertrust has provided on the
Web-Site a facility for reconfirmation of orders which are larger
than those specified by the mastertrust's risk management policy
and is also aware that the mastertrust has the discretion to
reject the execution of such orders based on such risk management
policy. The mastertrust shall not be liable for any delay or
cancellation of any order due to the exercise of the mastertrust's
discretion under such policy.
(d) The Constituent acknowledges and
accepts that the mastertrust has the sole discretion to reject
or cancel any order that may be placed by the Constituent for any
reason whatsoever, including for any breach of the Margin
requirements as stipulated hereunder in Paragraph II.vi and the
mastertrust shall not be liable for any losses, damage or claims
on account of such rejection or cancellation as the case may be.
(e) The Constituent acknowledges and
accepts that the NSE/BSE may reject or cancel any trade suo moto
without ascribing any reasons therefor and the mastertrust shall
not be liable for any losses, damage or claims on account of such
rejection or cancellation as the case may be.
(f) The Constituent further
acknowledges and accepts that it will receive the price at which
the order was actually executed in the marketplace, which may be
different from the price at which the security was traded when the
order was entered into the mastertrust's system.
(g) The Constituent hereby agrees
that mastertrust shall not be responsible or liable for the
execution of any order that may have been placed by the
Constituent or any unauthorised use of the Constituent's Trading
Password by any person.
(h) The cancellations or
modifications to orders placed is not guaranteed. Cancellation of
orders is possible only if the original order remains pending at
the NSE/BSE. The cancellation or modification of an order shall be
deemed not to have been executed unless a confirmation to such
effect is received from the mastertrust. The Constituent agrees
that the mastertrust shall not be liable for any losses, damage
or claims on account of the non-execution or delayed execution of
an order of cancellation or modification. Unless otherwise
specified by the mastertrust, any order not executed at the end
of the relevant NSE/BSE trading day shall stand cancelled. To
remove any doubt, it is hereby clarified that an order placed
prior to or during the trading day at the NSE/BSE, shall not
remain valid for execution at any subsequent trading day at the
NSE/BSE.
(i) The Constituent also accepts
responsibility for knowing the trading and settlement cycles of
the NSE/BSE and the settlements pay in/pay out dates for funds and
securities and in the event any trades or transactions are
reported late to the mastertrust on account of any problems at
the Exchange or for whatever reason, the Constituent in turn will
be subject to late reporting of transactions.
(j) Any errors reported to the
Constituent for any reason whatsoever will stand subsequently
corrected to reflect the transaction that was effected in the
market and the Constituent agrees that the mastertrust shall not
be liable for any damage, loss or claim in account of such error
or correction thereof.
II.iv Purchase of the Admitted
Securities (a) Prior to
placing any order for the purchase of any Admitted Security, the
Constituent shall ensure that sufficient cash credit balance is
available in its account with the mastertrust. The Constituent
is responsible for all of their orders, including any orders,
which exceed the available cash, credit balances available to its
account and are executed by the mastertrust, inadvertently or
otherwise.
(b) Any order accepted and executed,
inadvertently or otherwise, without sufficient cash credit balance
will be subject to cancellation or liquidation at the mastertrust's
discretion, unless the Constituent immediately, upon demand by the
mastertrust, makes good the shortfall in the amount as indicated
by the mastertrust.
(c) The date for payment in the case
of purchase of securities by the Constituent will be viewed on the
day to day basis by the mastertrust and the same shall be
intimated by the mastertrust to the Constituent either
telephonically or otherwise as required for maintaining the
account of outstanding as per NSE/BSE rules and the Constituent
shall within two days make up the deficiency of balance and bring
it to cash credit with the reasonable margin to withstand his
future transactions within the 'margin' limit provided herein
after on the date intimated by the mastertrust to the
Constituent for the same (the Intimated Date) and which may be a
date which is at least [two] working days in advance of the pay in
date of the NSE/BSE. In the case where the payment is not made by
the Intimated Date, the securities purchased by the mastertrust
on behalf of the Constituent shall be liable to be sold without
any further reference to the Constituent and any loss or damage as
a result of such sale would be borne solely by the Constituent.
II.v Sale of the Admitted Securities
(a) Prior to placing any
order for the sale of any Admitted Security, the Constituent shall
ensure that the concerned security is available in sufficient
quantity in its/his/her account with the mastertrust. The
Constituent is responsible for all of their orders, including any
orders, which exceed the available quantity of the relevant
security and are executed by the mastertrust, inadvertently or
otherwise.
(b) The Constituent agrees and hereby
authorises the mastertrust to block as sold the relevant
securities, as standing to its/his/her account, against
its/his/her order to sell securities. If its/his/her order gets
executed either fully or partially then the securities to the
extent sold, would be unblocked on the trade date and the
transaction would be effected. The Constituent agrees that
it/he/she shall not withdraw/pledge or otherwise use or attempt to
withdraw/pledge or otherwise use, the blocked securities. The
Constituent hereby authorises the mastertrust to dishonour any
orders issued against the blocked security.
(c) The Constituent acknowledges and
agrees that the proceeds of the sale will not be credited to the
cash credit balance account of the Constituent until the
securities have been delivered to the NSE/BSE/clearing house and
pay out is received from the NSE/BSE/clearing House. The proceeds
of all sales will be credited, to the cash credit balances account
of the Constituent as maintained by the mastertrust, directly
after settlement date.
(d) If the securities are not
received on or before the settlement date or securities received
are not in deliverable state or due to any other reason
whatsoever, the Constituent is not able to deliver securities, the
securities will be auctioned or closed out as per the rules of the
NSE/BSE. Consequently, the Constituent will be responsible for any
resulting losses and all associated costs including any penalty
levied by the NSE/BSE.
II.vi Margins
(a) The Constituent shall maintain
such quantity of securities and such amount of cash credit
balances (hereinafter referred to as the Margin) as required by
the applicable statutes, rules, regulations, procedures or as
deemed necessary or advisable by the mastertrust, provided that
the Margin shall not at any time be less than [20%] of the price
of the Admitted Securities proposed to be purchased or sold. The
Constituent agrees that no interest shall be payable on the Margin
as maintained with the mastertrust. The Constituent shall be
permitted to trade upto a predetermined number of times of the
Margin and the quantum of such multiple shall be determined at the
sole discretion of the mastertrust.
(b) The margin requirement and
squaring up process for offline and online trading is different,
the margin in online account will not be considered in the offline
account and vice-versa unless specifically directed by
Constituent. The accounting process for both accounts is different
and is independent of each other.
(c) In case there is any change in
policy relating to Risk Management pertaining to margin
requirement and squaring up process the same would be reflected to
the user and at the registered office and terminals of the
mastertrust and the onus is on the the Constituent to keep
check, understand, and agree with the Risk Management policy
pertaining to margin requirement and squaring up process from time
to time.
(d) The Constituent shall also remain
in touch with the mastertrust to keep a regular check on his
account and margin requirements, for maintaining sufficient margin
with the mastertrust to undertake any transaction in his a/c in
off line and online trading. If the mastertrust considers it
necessary for its own protection, it may require the Constituent
to immediately on demand deposit cash or securities to their
account prior to any applicable settlement date in order to assure
due performance of their open contractual commitments. If
Constituent does not provide such additional cash or securities,
the Constituent hereby grants to the mastertrust the right to
sell any or all securities extant in their account, buy any or all
relevant securities which may be short in their account, cancel
any or all open orders and/or close any or all outstanding
contracts.
(e) In addition, Constituent
acknowledges and agrees that the mastertrust may exercise any or
all of the above rights, prior to or without any demand, for
additional cash or securities, or notice of sale or purchase, or
other notice or intimation. Any such sales or purchases may be
made at any time at the sole discretion of the mastertrust on
any market where such business is usually transacted, or at public
auction or private sale, or the mastertrust may purchase/sell
for its own account. The making/giving of any prior demand or call
or notice of the time and place of such sale or purchase shall not
be considered as a waiver of any rights of the mastertrust to
sell or buy without any such demand, call or notice, at that time
or at any time subsequently.
(f) In addition to the above, if the
Constituent does not credit its cash or securities account as
maintained with the mastertrust, to make up any shortfall in the
Margin, instantaneously, to enable restoration of the Margin in
Constituent's account, the position of the Constituent may be
squared off by the mastertrust, without any further reference to
the Constituent and without prior notification, and any resultant
or associated losses that may occur due to such squaring off shall
be borne by the Constituent, and the mastertrust is hereby fully
indemnified and held harmless by the Constituent in this behalf.
In case where the payment by the
Constituent towards the Margin is made through a cheque issued in
favour of the mastertrust, any trade would be executed by the
mastertrust only upon the realisation of the funds of the said
cheque.
II.vii Confirmations and Contract
Notes (a) The Constituent
is required to ascertain the status of its/his/her order
(including any rejection of the same) which would be posted on the
relevant sections of the Web-Site or the Constituent 1may enquire
the balance as maintained by mastertrust or the mastertrust
shall keep sending the details of contract notes and the status of
his account on fortnight basis wherever the Constituent is
availing the services of the mastertrustoff-line'from any
terminals of the mastertrust.
(b) Constituent understands that it
is its/his/her responsibility to review, upon first receipt,
whether delivered to Constituent by mail, by e-mail, or other
electronic means, all confirmations, statements, notices and other
communications, including but not limited to, margin, maintenance
calls, and prospectuses. Notices and other communications may also
be provided to Constituent verbally, in writing or by other means.
(c) The mastertrust shall deliver
to the Constituent via email or other electronic means or
otherwise a contract note of the trades executed on their behalf
on the trade date, or should post such information on the website,
within 24 hours of the execution of the order. The contract note
shall be final and binding proof of the order placed by the
Constituent and confirmation of trade, regardless of any apparent
or inadvertent errors.
(d) All information contained in any
confirmation, contract note or other communications shall be
binding upon the Constituent in relation to all
trades/transactions, whether the orders are given by the
Constituent through the Web-Site or by telephonic means or
otherwise.
II.viii Charges
(a) The Constituent agrees to pay the
brokerage charges, NSE/BSE related charges, statutory
charges/taxes and any other charges (including but not limited to
security handling charges on settlement) as they exist from time
to time and as they apply to the Constituent's account, in respect
of trades/transactions and services that the Constituent receives
from the mastertrust. The brokerage shall be paid in the manner
intimated by the mastertrust to the Constituent from time to
time, including as a percentage of the value of the trade or as a
flat fee or otherwise, together with the service tax/securities
transaction tax as may be applicable from time to time on the
same. The Constituent further agrees to pay any applicable taxes
that may be levied on the transaction.
(b) The mastertrust shall debit the
charges of the depository participant for the trades and the bank
charges for the realisation of cheques etc. to the Constituent
account.
(c) Notwithstanding anything
contained in these Terms, any amounts which are overdue from the
Constituent to the mastertrust will be charged delayed payment
charges at the rate of [2%] per month or such other rate as may be
determined by the mastertrust and notified on the web site and
the Constituent hereby authorises the mastertrust to directly
debit the same to the account of the Constituent.
II.ix Constituents Cash Credit and
Securities Accounts (a)
The mastertrust shall maintain such books of account in such
manner so as to show and distinguish in connection with its
business as a trading mastertrust broker the moneys and
securities received from or on account of each of the
Constituents, and the moneys and securities received on its own
account.
(b) The Constituent is required to
ascertain all ledger balances of moneys and securities standing to
its credit, which would be posted only on the relevant sections of
the web site, and no separate intimation of the ledger balances of
the Constituent in his account would be sent to the Constituent
either physically or electronically unless specifically requested
in writing by the Constituent. The information as contained in the
ledger balances shall be binding upon the Constituent and the
Constituent hereby agrees that the mastertrust shall not be
liable for any loss, damage or claim on account of any error in
the information contained in the ledger balances.
(e) That the Constituent authorises
the trading mastertrust to maintain a running account for
me/us/we for adjustment of any debit/credit resulting from any
transactions by it/him/her in one settlement for adjustment
towards it/her/his credit/debit in subsequent settlements.
(f) All transactions with The Stock
Exchange, Mumbai (BSE) and/or the National Stock Exchange of India
Limited (NSE/BSE) will be subject to the rules, regulations and
Bye-laws of that Exchange apart from the existing terms and
conditions as mentioned thereof.
(g) To avoid any ambiguity it is
hereby provided that notwithstanding anything contained in these
Terms or in the mastertrust-Constituent Agreement or any other
understanding or agreement between the mastertrust and
Constituent, the mastertrust's own records of the orders,
cancellations, modifications, trades and transactions, in
whatsoever manner maintained shall be deemed to be and is hereby
accepted by the Constituent as conclusive and binding on the
Constituent for all purposes and further the Constituent shall not
challenge the accuracy, truth, or correctness of the said records
in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever.
II.xi Further Documentation
The Constituent agrees to
complete any further documentation that may be required in
relation to any of the securities dealings or by any of the
regulatory authorities or under the mastertrust's policies as
may be notified from time to time or under any law, regulation,
guideline, rule, byelaw, order or other edict having the force of
law.
II.xii Compliance with Laws
All transactions that are carried
out by and on behalf of the Constituent shall be subject to
Government notifications, the rules, regulations and guidelines
issued by SEBI, the Reserve Bank of India and the National
Securities Depository Limited, the Central Depository Services
Limited, the Securities Contracts Regulation Act and the rules
made there under, and the byelaws, constitution, rules,
regulations, customs and usage of the NSE/BSE, if any.
III. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS IN
RELATION TO ELECTRONIC ORDERS III.i List of Dematerialised
Securities The
mastertrust shall notify the securities for which this facility
is made available from time to time on the Web Site. The
mastertrust would have the right to add or delete securities for
which the facility is made available in its absolute discretion
and details of the same would be posted on the Web Site and no
separate intimation whatsoever thereof will be sent to the
Constituent.
III.ii Protection of Constituent's
Trading Password The
Constituent shall immediately notify the mastertrust in writing,
delivered via e-mail, Speed Post and Registered AD, if the
Constituent becomes aware of any loss, theft or unauthorised use
of the Constituent's Trading Password and account number; or any
failure by the Constituent to receive an accurate written
confirmation of an execution including the contract note for the
same; or any receipt by the Constituent of confirmation of an
order and/or execution which the Constituent did not place; or any
inaccurate information in the Constituent's account balances,
securities positions, or transaction history. In the case where
the Constituent notifies such loss, theft or unauthorised use of
the Constituent's Trading Password to the mastertrust, the
mastertrust shall suspend the use of the account of the
Constituent. However, the Constituent shall be responsible and
liable for all transactions that are carried out by the use of the
Constituent Trading Password. When any of the above circumstances
occur, neither the mastertrust nor any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, affiliates or subsidiaries will have
any responsibility or liability to the Constituent or to any other
person whose claim may arise through the Constituent with respect
to any of the circumstances described above.
III.iii Use of Constituent's Trading
Password The Constituent
confirms and agrees that it will be the sole authorised user of
the Trading Password /s to be given to it by the mastertrust.
The Constituent accepts sole responsibility for use,
confidentiality and protection of the Trading Password /s as well
as for all orders and information changes entered into the
Constituent's account using such Trading Password. The Constituent
shall ensure that the Trading Password /s is/are not revealed to
any third party or recorded in any written or electronic form. If
the Constituent forgets the Trading Password, a request for change
of the Trading Password should be sent to the mastertrust in
writing. On receipt of such a request the mastertrust shall
discontinue the use of the old Trading Password and shall generate
a new Trading Password for the Constituent, which shall be
communicated to the Constituent. However, the Constituent shall be
responsible and liable for all transactions that are carried out
by the use of the old Trading Password. Neither the mastertrust
nor any of its officers directors employees agents affiliates or
subsidiaries will have any responsibility or liability to the In
addition, the Constituent hereby grants to TradeAnywhere the right
to with-hold its/he/her securities payment and/or funds pay-out
from the stock exchange in part or full.
Constituent or to any other person
whose claim may arise through the Constituent with respect to any
of the circumstances described above.
III.iv Form of Trading Password
The Constituent shall use
a Trading Password of 6-8 characters in length, which is a
combination of letters and numbers. The Trading Password shall not
be a combination relating to name or age or other personal
information, which would render it easily deducible. The Trading
Password shall be valid for a period of one month only. In the
case where the Constituent wishes to change his Trading Password
he can do so on the Web Site in the prescribed manner.
III.v Recording of Trading Password
The Constituent shall
memorise the Trading Password and not record it in written or
electronic form. In the event that the Constituent does record the
Trading Password in written or electronic form, he/she/it shall do
so at his/her/its sole risk and responsibility.
III.vi Responsibility for Use of the
Trading Password Any order
entered using the Trading Password is deemed to be that of the
Constituent. If third parties gain access to the mastertrust's
services through the use of the Trading Password, the Constituent
will be deemed to be responsible for the same and hereby
indemnifies and holds harmless the mastertrust against any
liability, costs or damages arising out of claims or suits by or
against such third parties based upon or relating to such access
and use, since the primary responsibility for such transaction
shall be that of the Constituent.
III.vii Communications Equipment of
the Constituent The
Constituent is responsible for installing and maintaining the
communications equipment (including personal computers and modems)
and telephone or alternative services required at the
Constituent's end and connectivity required for accessing and
using the web site or related services. All communications service
charges, levies and fees incurred by the Constituent in accessing
the web site or related services will be borne by the Constituent.
III.viii Constituent's Infrastructure
For the purposes of these
Terms, it is presumed that the Constituent has all the necessary
and compatible infrastructure ready at its end for the purpose of
accessing the web site of the mastertrust prior to accessing the
services provided pursuant to these Terms. The mastertrust will
not (and shall not be under any obligation to) assist the
Constituent in installing the required infrastructure or obtaining
the necessary equipment permits and clearances to establish
connectivity or linkages to the web site of the mastertrust.
III.ix Prevention of Unauthorised Use
The Constituent will
install the necessary safeguards and access restrictions to
prevent unauthorised use of Constituents computer systems and
ensure that no unauthorised person can gain access to the computer
systems.
IV. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS IN RELATION
TO ORAL ORDERS ON-LINE AND OFF-LINE
(a) The Constituent agrees and hereby
authorises the mastertrust at its sole discretion and without
any prior notice to the Constituent, to record any conversation
between the Constituent and the mastertrust. Such recording
shall be deemed to be and is hereby accepted by the Constituent as
conclusive and binding on the Constituent for all purposes and
further the Constituent shall not challenge the accuracy, truth,
or correctness of the said records in any manner and for any
purpose whatsoever.
(b) The Constituent hereby agrees
that the mastertrust shall not be liable for any losses, damage
or claim on account of transactions effected by the mastertrust
on behalf of the Constituent arising from any incorrect or
erroneous transfer or collection of the order instructions from
the Constituent.
V. mastertrust CONSTITUENT
COMMUNICATIONS V.i Form of Communication
Documents, which may be sent by
electronic delivery between the parties, may be in any of the
following manners
(a) an electronic mail ('e-mail') including any
automated replies from the system of the mastertrust,
(b) an
electronic mail attachment, or
c) in the form of an available
download from the web site.
(d) by telephonic information duly
recorded.
(e) by courier containing details of transaction
confirmations, account statements requisition of any delivery
related documents on the last known address of the Constituent.
V.ii Change of Address
Unless the Constituent informs the
mastertrust of the change of the address for communication in
writing, all notices, circulars, communication or mail sent to the
existing address shall be deemed to have been received by the
Constituent irrespective of whether they are actually received or
not.
V.iii Notices/ Policies
Certain policies and/or procedures
may be further outlined on the mastertrust's web site and
material/literature and frequently asked questions (FAQ's) may be
provided to the Constituent.
Through the use of the mastertrust's
web site and services, the Constituent agrees to be bound by any
and all such notices, policies and terms of doing business.
VI. TERMINATION
(a) The mastertrust-Constituent
Agreement and access to the use of the Web-Site, the Services, the
Facilities and the Content may upon notice of one month be
terminated by mutual consent of the Constituent and the
mastertrust.
(b) The termination of the
mastertrust-Constituent Agreement and access to the use of the
Web-Site, the Services, the Facilities and the Content will not
affect the rights and/or obligations of either the mastertrust
or the Constituent incurred prior to the date of such termination
and the parties shall enjoy the same rights and shall have the
same obligations in respect of such transactions.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION VII.i
Facilities and Web Content
(a) The Constituent acknowledges and
agrees that each participating stock exchange or association or
agency asserts a proprietary interest in all of the market data it
furnishes to parties that disseminate the said data. The
Constituent shall use real-time quotes received on the web site of
the mastertrust only for the Constituent's individual use and
shall not furnish such data to any other person or entity. The
Constituent is authorised to use materials which are made
available by the mastertrust's web site for the Constituent's
own needs only, and the Constituent is not authorised to resell
access to any such materials or to make copies of any such
materials for sale or use to and by others. The Constituent shall
not delete copyright or other intellectual property rights notices
from printouts of electronically accessed materials from the mastertrust's
web site.
(b) All materials published on the
Web-Site, including, without limitation, information, text,
photographs, images, graphics, software, audio, and video and/or
other visual reproductions (hereinafter referred to as the
Content) are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use.
All rights pertaining to the Content or any part thereof shall
vest only in the relevant owners of the same and no other person
may modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale
of, reproduce (except as provided herein), create derivative works
from, distribute, perform, display or in any way exploit, any of
the Content, in whole or in part.
(d) To the extent that any part of
the Content may be downloaded or copied, the same may be done only
for personal non-commercial purpose(s) and use(s), and provided
that all copyright and other notices contained in such Content are
faithfully maintained and the Content shall not be stored in any
media other than in the Visitor's personal computer. In the event
any software is downloaded from the Web-Site, such software,
including without limitation any files, images incorporated in or
generated by the software, and data accompanying the software, are
licensed to the Visitor by for personal, non-commercial use and
viewing only. The software may not be redistributed, sold,
decompliled, reverse engineered or otherwise reduced to a human
perceivable form. mastertrust. retains full and complete title
and rights to all intellectual property in Web Site.
(e) mastertrust. shall not be
liable for truth, accuracy or completeness of the information or
for any errors, mistakes or omissions therein or for any delays or
interruptions of such information for whatever cause. It is
expressly understood and agreed to by the Visitor that except as
specifically provided herein, all warranties, express or implied,
including any implied warranties or merchantability and/or fitness
for a particular purpose, are hereby excluded.
VII.ii Third Party Providers/Links
The Web Site may contain
links to other web sites on the World Wide Web. mastertrust. is
not responsible for their resources or their content or the
availability thereof.
VII.iii Submissions
(a) The Visitor shall remain solely
responsible for all submissions on and to the Web Site.
mastertrust. is not responsible for the content or message of
any submissions. The mastertrust does not guarantee, and makes
no formal representation or warranty as to, the accuracy, veracity
or completeness of any information provided by others in any
portion or page of the Web-Site, nor does mastertrust
necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify, agree
with, or reject, diminish or disagree with, the comments, opinions
or statements posted by others on the Web-Site.
(b) While does not and cannot review
every message posted or item submitted to/on the Web-Site,
mastertrust.reserves the right, in its sole discretion, but
assumes no duty, to delete, move, or edit submissions that it
deems false, inappropriate, abusive, defamatory, obscene, in
violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise
unacceptable, and the Visitor expressly acknowledges and accepts
that its submissions may be edited, removed, modified, published,
re-published, transmitted and displayed by in its sole discretion.
(c) The Web Site and its Facilities
including the discussion groups and chat rooms shall be used only
in a non-commercial manner. No part of the Web Site, discussion
groups and/or chat rooms shall be used to solicit Visitors to
become users of commercial online information services or for any
other commercial services. The Visitor shall not disrupt or
interfere with any aspect or element of the Web Site nor shall the
Visitor do anything, which, in the sole judgment of , will
restrict or inhibit any other Visitor from using and enjoying the
Web Site and/or any of its Facilities. The Visitor shall not,
without the express written approval of , post or otherwise
distribute any material containing any solicitation of funds,
advertising or solicitation for goods or services. The Visitor
shall not copy third party articles into the chat rooms or
discussion groups available on the Web Site. No Visitor shall tout
or hype a stock or company, or post the same note on multiple
occasions in a single day (a practice known as 'spamming'). The
Visitor shall not upload to, or otherwise submit or publish
through, the Web-Site any content or material which is libelous,
defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or hateful, or which
invades anyone's privacy, encourages conduct that would constitute
a criminal offense, or otherwise violates any third party rights
or local, state, federal or international law or regulation.
(d) Those Visitors with formal
connections or affiliations to or with a company being discussed
in any forum, including among other things any and all positions
of employment, directorships, consultancies and/or substantial
share holdings, must identify themselves as such, and disclose
such connection or affiliation, within their first post in that
topic, company focus, or subject matter.
(e) The author or creator of any and
all submissions in print or other forms or other uploads to the
discussion groups and/or chat rooms, transfers and assigns to , by
virtue of submission to the Web-Site and this agreement, the
entire copyright, throughout the universe, in any and all media
and forms of publication, reproduction, transmission,
distribution, performance, or display,
The provisions of this agreement
shall always be subject to government notifications, and rules,
regulations & guidelines issued by SEBI & stock exchange rules,
regulations & bye-laws that may be in force from time to time &
the securities contract regulation Act. The Rules there under and
any other applicable statutory provisions and/or regulations.
Now in existence or hereafter
developed, in such work or other original materials; without
separate, retained or reversionary rights being held by such
author, creator or other person submitting such work.
mastertrust may exercise the rights granted herein in such from
as it may in its sole discretion determine; such that the
submitted material may be published, reproduced, reprinted,
distributed, performed, displayed, included in anthologies and
compilations, and/or otherwise transmitted (including but not
limited to electronic and optical versions and in any other media
now in existence or hereafter developed) in whole or in part,
whether or not combined with the work of others. In addition,
mastertrust may use the name and electronic address of the
author, creator and/or other person submitting the work in
publishing, promoting, advertising, and publicizing their
publications and information products and services, and in any
merchandising.
VII.iv Warranties of Constituent
(a) The Constituent hereby
represents and warrants that the terms and conditions of these
Terms have been clearly understood and that the information
furnished to the mastertrust is accurate and truthful
(b) The Constituent confirms that
it/he/she is of legal age and he/she/it has obtained the necessary
approvals from the relevant regulatory/ legal and compliance
authorities to access the services provided pursuant to these
Terms.
VII.v Indemnity
(a) Though orders are generally
routed to the marketplace shortly after the time the order is
placed by the Constituent on the system there may be a delay in
the execution of the order due to any link/system failure at the
Constituent/mastertrust/NSE/BSE's
end. The Constituent hereby specifically indemnifies and holds the
mastertrust
harmless from any and all claims, and agrees that the mastertrust
shall not be liable for any loss, actual or perceived, caused
directly or indirectly by government restriction, exchange or
market regulation, suspension of trading, war, strike, equipment
failure, communication line failure, system failure, security
failure on the Internet, shut down of systems for any reason
(including on account of computer viruses), unauthorized access,
theft, any fraud committed by any person whether in the employment
of the mastertrust
or otherwise or any problem, technological or otherwise, that
might prevent the Constituent from entering the mastertrust's
system or from executing an order or in respect of other
conditions .
(b) The Constituent further agrees
that he/she/it will not be compensated by the mastertrust
for any "lost opportunity' viz. notional profits on buy/sell
orders which could not be executed or real loss from delay in
executed orders due to any reason whatsoever, including but not
limited to time lag in the execution of the order or the speed at
which the system of the mastertrust or of the Exchanges is
operating or the delay in stock quotes or any shutting down by the
mastertrust of his system for any reason or the mastertrust
disabling the Constituent from trading on his system for any
reason whatsoever.
VII.vi mastertrust's Liability
(a) Under no
circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall the
mastertrust
or anyone involved in creating, producing, delivering or managing
the Services be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special or consequential damages, even if the mastertrust
or such person has been advised of the possibility of such
damages, that result from the use of or inability to use the
service, delay in transmission of any communication, in each case
for any reason whatsoever (including on account of breakdown in
systems) or out of any breach of any warranty or due to any fraud
committed by any person whether in the employment of the mastertrust
or otherwise.
(b) The Constituent agrees to fully
indemnify and hold harmless the mastertrust
for any losses arising from the execution of incorrect/ ambiguous
or fraudulent instructions that got entered through the system at
the Constituent's end.
VII.vii Limitation of liability
The mastertrust does not
guarantee, and shall not be deemed to have guaranteed, the
timeliness, sequence, accuracy, completeness, reliability or
content of market information, or messages disseminated to the
Constituent. The mastertrust shall not be liable for any
inaccuracy, error or delay in, or omission of,
(1) any such data,
information or message, or
(2) the transmission or delivery of any
such data, information or message; or any loss or damage arising
from or occasioned by
(i) any such inaccuracy, error, delay or
omission,
(ii) non-performance, or
(iii)interruption in any such
data, information or message, due either to any act or omission by
the mastertrust
or to any "force majeure" event (e.g., flood, extraordinary
weather condition, earthquake or other act of God, fire, war,
insurrection, riot, labour dispute, accident, action of
government, communications, power failure, shut down of systems
for any reason (including on account of computer viruses),
equipment or software malfunction), any fraud committed by any
person whether in the employment of the mastertrustor
otherwise or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the
mastertrust.
VII.viii Interruption in service
The mastertrust
does not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error
free. The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available"
basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied,
including, without limitation, those of merchantability and
fitness for a particular purpose. The Constituent agrees that the
mastertrust
shall not be held responsible for any breakdown of the system
either due to the fault of the systems of the mastertrustor
of the Exchanges or otherwise.
VII.ix Amendment/ Modification of the
Terms The mastertrust
may at any time amend these Terms, by modifying or rescinding any
of the existing provisions or conditions or by adding any new
provision or condition, by conspicuously posting notice of such
amendment on the web site. The mastertrust
shall not be required to communicate any modification or
rescission to the Constituent either through physical or
electronic form, and any notice of amendment or modification is
hereby waived by the Constituent. The continued use of the
services of the mastertrust
after such notice will constitute acknowledgement and acceptance
of such amendment. These Terms (as amended or modified from time
to time) represent the entire agreement between the Constituent
and the mastertrust concerning the subject matter hereof. The
continued use of the Services by the Constituent constitutes the
Constituent's acceptance of any and all modifications and
amendments of the Terms.
VII.x Severability
If any provisions or of these Terms
are held invalid or unenforceable by reason of any law, rule,
administrative order or judicial decision by any court, or
regulatory or self-regulatory agency or body, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or terms held
invalid. The validity of the remaining provisions and terms shall
not be affected thereby and these Terms shall be carried out as if
any such invalid or unenforceable provisions or terms were not
contained herein.
VII.xi No Assignment
The rights of the Constituent under
these Terms are not transferable under any circumstances and shall
be used only by the Constituent.
VII.xii Authorised Representative
The instructions issued by
an authorised representative of the Constituent shall be binding
on the Constituent in accordance with the letter authorising the
said representative to deal on behalf of the Constituent.
VII.xiii Death or Insolvency
In the event of death or
insolvency of the Constituent or of its otherwise becoming
incapable of receiving and/or paying for or delivering or
transferring securities which the Constituent has ordered to be
bought or sold, the mastertrust
may close out the transaction of the Constituent and the
Constituent or its legal representative/s or nominee/s shall be
liable jointly or severally for any losses, costs and be entitled
to any surplus which may result there from.
VII.xiv Dispute Resolution
(a) The mastertrust
and the Constituent are aware of the provisions of the bye laws
rules and regulations of the NSE/BSE relating to the resolution of
the disputes/differences through the mechanism of arbitration
provided by the Exchanges and agree to abide by the said
provisions insofar as any disputes under these Terms relate to
transactions that are to be carried out on the exchanges.
(b) In so far as any other disputes
or differences in connection with these Terms or their performance
(other than the disputes referred to in Paragraph VII.ivx(a)
above) are concerned such disputes shall, so far as it is
possible, be settled amicably between the Parties and in the case
where after 30 days of consultation, the parties have failed to
reach an amicable settlement, such disputes shall be submitted to
arbitration and such arbitration shall be conducted in accordance
with the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the
Arbitration Act) by an panel consisting of a sole arbitrator.
The mastertrust and the Constituent expressly consent and agree
that the Chairman, shall be the persona designate to appoint the
dais sole arbitrator. The venue of arbitration shall be Delhi and
each party shall bear the cost of arbitration equally unless
otherwise awarded by the sole arbitrator.
(c) The mastertrust maintains
offices at different places within the knowledge of the
Constituent and the Constituent shall have all transaction with
the principle office, but they may also avail facility at its
branches as well. Branch Managers shall also have the power to
recover payments or make the payments on behalf of the principles
to such Constituents after obtaining the instruction in this
behalf and may give acknowledgement of such transaction on behalf
of the head office. However all transaction may be entered at
branches shall be treated as transaction being done with the
principle office and all information shall remain with the mastertrust
at New Delhi.
VII.xv Foreign Jurisdiction
This service does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares,
securities or other instruments to any person in any jurisdiction
where it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. This
service is not intended to be any form of an investment
advertisement, investment advice or investment information and has
not been registered under any securities law of any foreign
jurisdiction and is only for the information of any person in any
jurisdiction where it may be lawful to offer such a service.
Further, no information on the Web Site is to be construed as a
representation with respect to shares, securities or other
investments regarding the legality of an investment therein under
the respective applicable investment or similar laws or
regulations of any person or entity accessing the Web Site.
VII.xvi General
(a) Notwithstanding anything
contained in these Terms or in the mastertrust
-Constituent Agreement, mastertrust
retains its right to:
(i) In its sole discretion to alter,
limit or discontinue the Website or any Material/s in any respect.
mastertrustshall
have no obligation to take the needs of any user into
consideration in connection therewith.
(ii) Deny in its sole discretion any
user access to this Website or any portion thereof without notice.
(b) No waiver by of any provision of
this Agreement shall be binding except as set forth in writing
signed by its duly authorised representative.
VII.xvii Other General Terms and
Conditions.
(a) The Constituent agrees to abide by the mastertrust
Terms and Conditions and rules in force and changes in Terms and
Conditions from time to time relating to their account.
(b) The Constituent agrees that the mastertrust
will be at liberty to close their account any time without
assigning any reason whatsoever.
(c) The Constituent agrees that the mastertrust
can, at its sole discretion, withdraw any of the
services/facilities given in their account either wholly or
partially at any time without giving them any notice.
(d) The Constituent agrees that any
change in their account status or change of address will be
immediately informed to the mastertrust.
(e) The Constituent agrees that all
instructions relating to their account will be issued in writing
satisfactory to the mastertrust
in form and content.
(f) The Constituent agrees that they
shall not pay any amount in cash to any Sales Representative of
the mastertrust
at the time of opening an account or carrying out any transaction
in the normal course of the business.
(g) The Constituent agrees to accept
the format provided by the mastertrust
in order to execute their fax instructions to the mastertrust
(h) The Constituent agrees that the mastertrust
will send them communications/letters etc. through courier /
messenger/mail or through any other mode at its discretion and the
mastertrust
shall not be liable for any loss or delay arising there from.
(i) The Constituent agrees that the
Pass Words will be dispatched by courier (or any other mode at the
mastertrust
discretion) at their risk and consequence.
(j) The Constituent shall not hold
the mastertrust liable in any manner what so ever in respect of
such dispatch of these items.
(k) An account may be opened on
behalf of a minor by his/her natural guardian or by a guardian
appointed by a court of Competent Jurisdiction. The guardian shall
represent the minor in all transactions of any description in the
above account until the said minor attains majority. Upon the
minor attaining majority, the right of the guardian to operate the
account shall cease. The guardian agrees to indemnify the mastertrust
against the claim of above minor for any withdrawal/transactions
made by him in the minor's account.
(l) The Constituent agrees and
undertakes to ensure that there would be sufficient funds/cleared
balance/pre-arranged credit facilities in their account for
effecting transactions. The Constituent agrees that the mastertrust
shall not be liable for any consequences arising out of
non-compliance by the mastertrust
of my instructions due to inadequacy of funds and the mastertrust
can at its sole discretion decide to carry out the instructions
notwithstanding the inadequacy of funds. There mastertrust
may do the aforesaid without prior approval from or notice to them
and they shall be liable to repay with interest the resulting
advance, overdraft or credit thereby created and all related
charges arising thereby @ 24% compounded daily basis.
(m) The Constituent agrees that the mastertrust.
shall not be liable for any damages, losses (direct or indirect)
whatsoever, due to disruption or non availability of any of
services/facility/s due to technical fault/error or any failure in
telecommunication network or any error in any software or hardware
systems.
(n) The Constituent agrees that the mastertrust.
may disclose customer information, in strict confidence, to any of
its agent/s and/or contractors with whom the mastertrust.
enters or has entered into any arrangement in connection with
providing of services.
VII.xviii Accounts
The Constituent agrees to repay to
the mastertrust on demand, unconditionally, the amounts of
overdrafts or excesses against margin deposit that the
mastertrust may grant it/he/her from time to time, together
with interest accrued thereon. The Constituent agrees that this
does not imply that the mastertrust is bound to grant them any
credit or other facility whatsoever.
VIII.ii Internet
Internet refers to the network of
computers / mobile phones / other electronic devices which share
and exchange information. The Internet is at once a worldwide
broadcasting capability, mechanism for information dissemination,
and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals
and their computers / mobile phones / other electronic devices
capable of accessing the Internet without regard for geographic
location.
VIII.iv Customer
Customer refers to any person who has
a mastertrust.
Account and who has been authorised by the mastertrust.
to avail of the said facility.
VIII.v Account
Account refers to the Customer's
Savings and/or Current Account to which access is to be obtained
through Electronic Payment Gateway for Netbanking.
VIII.vi Personal Information
Personal Information refers to
the information about the Customer obtained in connection with
Electronic Payment Gateway for Netbanking or otherwise.
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