The following should be read carefully and accepted prior to becoming a Constituent for offline and online trading and for availing the facilities, services and/or for accessing any information, or any part thereof, as the case may be, as may be made available from time to time on the Web-Site and/or entering into any securities, currencies and/ or commodities dealings through the agency of Internet whether by use of any of the facilities available on the Web-Site, or by any other means whatsoever. Please read the following, which contains important information concerning use of the Web Site. The use of the Web Site is conditional upon and subject to, acceptance of and compliance with, the Terms contained herein.

i.Ownership of the Web-Site

Merits Capital Market Services Pvt. Ltd. being a broker registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India and having Registration No. NSE CM - INB231250037, NSE FO - INF231250037, MCX-SX Currency Derivatives: INE261250034 thereby being entitled to effect purchase and sale transactions of securities, currencies (hereinafter referred to as the “Securities Dealings”) offline and online.

The website is jointly managed and operated by Merits Capital Market Services Pvt. Ltd. and Merits Comtrade Pvt. Ltd.

Merits Comtrade Pvt. Ltd. is a member of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd., having Member ID 40685 and FMC Registration No. MCX/TCM/CORP/0781 and therefore is eligible to trade in the forward contracts in Commodities.

ii.Member

Member includes Merits Capital Market Services Pvt. Ltd. and Merits Comtrade Pvt. Ltd.

iii.Registration for use of the Facilities and Services

1. 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 service, 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].
2. Only persons who have opened the trading account with the Member and who have been provided with a unique Trading Password for online trading and unique Client Code for offline trading by the Member 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 Member. Such persons are hereinafter be referred to as “the Constituent”.
3. 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.

i.Subject Matter of the Services

The Services offered by the Member include the sale and purchase of dematerialised securities, currencies, commodities contracts trading (in e-trading account on the internet and also in off-line trading and delivery of shares in physical mode wherever the same is traded on off-line on specific direction received by the 'Member' at any of their terminals) in the cash/normal segment of the market and shall also include trading in derivative products or in the carry forward segment, or in forward contracts in currency derivatives and commodity market and such other services/ products as may be permitted from time to time.

The services also include all our online and offline services as mentioned under the Services section and Utilities section of our website.

ii.Order Entry

1. The Constituent shall be entitled to place an order for trading in any Admitted Security at NSE/ Contracts admitted for dealings on MCX/ Currency derivatives segment at MCX-SX at any time, regardless of the duration of the trading hours of the Exchange, through e-mail, writing, telephonic placement by the Constituent or his duly authorised representatives whose particulars has been provided by the Constituent to the member and on receipt of such instructions those orders shall be forwarded for the execution.
2. 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 Member 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.
3. The Constituent agrees that placing an order with the Member, either electronically or otherwise, does not guarantee execution of the order, regardless of the confirmation by the Member of the receipt of the order and the Member shall not be liable for any losses, damage or claims on account of the non-execution of any order placed.
4. 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 whether received by way of purchases, rights, bonuses, stock splits, off market transfers or otherwise.
5. The Constituent shall read the policies and procedures displayed at the website of the Company.

iii.Order Execution

1. In the event that the order is placed during the trading hours of the NSE /MCX-SX/MCX, 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 /MCX-SX/MCX.
2. The Constituent agrees and appoints the Member as its agent to take all necessary measures to complete the transactions and hereby authorises the Member to make any and all advances and expend monies as may be required.
3. 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 Member has provided on the Web-Site a facility for reconfirmation of orders which are larger than those specified by the Member's risk management policy and is also aware that the Member has the discretion to reject the execution of such orders based on such risk management policy. The Member shall not be liable for any delay or cancellation of any order due to the exercise of the Member's discretion under such policy.
4. The Constituent shall abide by the Risk Management Policy as displayed at the Website for trading at NSE, MCX-SX as well as MCX.
5. The Constituent acknowledges and accepts that the Member has the sole discretion to reject or cancel any order that may be placed by the Constituent and to square off client’s position for any reason whatsoever such as on account of insufficient balance in the Constituent’s fund account or insufficient margin or on account of breach of any regulatory compliance or as per the RMS policy displayed at the website and the Member shall not be liable for any losses, damage or claims on account of such rejection or cancellation as the case may be.
6. The Constituent acknowledges and accepts that the NSE/MCX-SX/MCX may reject or cancel any trade suo moto without ascribing any reasons therefor and the Member shall not be liable for any losses, damage or claims on account of such rejection or cancellation as the case may be.
7. 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/currency/commodity was traded when the order was entered into the Member's system.
8. The Constituent hereby agrees that Member shall not be responsible or liable for the execution of any order that may have been placed by the Constituent or by any person who may have accessed the Constituent's Trading Password by unauthorized way.
9. 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/MCX-SX/MCX. 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 Member. The Constituent agrees that the Member 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 Member, any order not executed at NSE/MCX-SX/MCX at the end of the relevant 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/MCX-SX/MCX, shall not remain valid for execution at any subsequent trading day at the NSE/MCX-SX/MCX.
10. The Constituent also accepts responsibility for knowing the trading and settlement cycles of the NSE/MCX-SX/MCX and the settlements pay in/pay out dates for funds and securities/ commodities/ currencies and in the event any trades or transactions are reported late to the Member on account of any problems at the Exchange or for whatever reason, the Constituent in turn will be subject to late reporting of transactions.
11. 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 Member shall not be liable for any damage, loss or claim on account of such error or correction thereof.

iv.Dealing in Admitted Securities/ Admitted Contracts

1. Prior to placing any order for the purchase/sale of any Admitted Security at NSE/MCX-SX, Admitted Contracts at MCX, the Constituent shall ensure that sufficient cash credit balance/ security is available in its account with the Member. 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 Member, inadvertently or otherwise.
2. Any order accepted and executed, inadvertently or otherwise, without sufficient cash credit balance will be subject to cancellation or liquidation at the Member's discretion, unless the Constituent immediately, upon demand by the Member, makes good the shortfall in the amount as indicated by the Member.
3. The date for payment in the case of purchase of securities/ currency derivatives/ commodities by the Constituent will be viewed on the day to day basis by the member and the same shall be intimated by the member to the Constituent either telephonically or otherwise as required for maintaining the account of outstanding as per NSE/MCX-SX/MCX rules and the Constituent shall make the payment of their payin/margin obligation on time as per the concerned Exchange requirement/ schedule, otherwise the Constituent shall be liable to pay delayed payment charges at the rate upto 22% p.a. or at the rate that may be revised from time to time.Further in the case where the payment is not made by the Constituent, the Member may either close out the transaction or sold the securities/ commodities/currencies purchased 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.

v.Sale of the Admitted Securities

• Prior to placing any order for the sale of any Admitted Security/ Commodity, the Constituent shall ensure that the concerned security/ commodity is available in sufficient quantity in its/his/her account with the Member. 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 Member, inadvertently or otherwise.
• The Constituent agrees and hereby authorises the Member 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 Member to dishonour any orders issued against the blocked security.
• 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/MCX clearing house and pay out is received from the NSE/MCX clearing House. The proceeds of all sales will be credited, to the cash credit balances account of the Constituent as maintained by the Member, directly after settlement date.
• 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. Consequently, the Constituent will be responsible for any resulting losses and all associated costs including any penalty levied by the NSE. Further if the constituent is not able to deliver the commodities sold out then he/she shall bear all the penalties and adverse consequences as imposed by MCX.

vi.Margins

1. The Constituent shall maintain sufficient cash, securities or other acceptable security (hereinafter referred to as the “Margin”) as required by the applicable statutes, rules, regulations of the concerned Exchange, or as deemed necessary or advisable by the Member. The Constituent agrees that no interest shall be payable on the Margin as maintained with the Member. 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 Member.
2. 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 under RMS policy as displayed at our website and the onus is on 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.
3. The Constituent shall either remain in touch with the member or access back-office under Account section of our website to keep a regular check on his account and margin requirements, for maintaining sufficient margin with the member to undertake any transaction in his A/c in off line and online trading. If the Member 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 Member 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.
4. In addition, Constituent acknowledges and agrees that the Member 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 Member on any market where such business is usually transacted, or at public auction or private sale, or the Member 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 Member to sell or buy without any such demand, call or notice, at that time or at any time subsequently.
5. In addition to the above, if the Constituent does not credit its cash or securities account as maintained with the Member, 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 Member, 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 Member 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 Member, any trade would be executed by the Member only upon the realisation of the funds of the said cheque.

vii.Confirmations and Contract Notes

1. 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 may enquire the balance as maintained by member. Further Member shall also keep sending it/him/her, the details of contract notes and the status of his account as per Rules, Regulations and Guidelines of the concerned Exchange.
2. Constituent understands that it is its/his/her responsibility to review, upon first receipt, whether delivered to Constituent by post or by e-mail, or other physical/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.
3. The Member shall deliver to the Constituent via post or email as per the preference chosen by the Client in KYC kit, 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.
4. 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.

viii.Charges

• The Constituent agrees to pay the brokerage charges, NSE/MCX-SX/MCX 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 Member. The brokerage shall be paid in the manner intimated by the Member 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, sales tax or such other statutory levies 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.
• The Member 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.
• Notwithstanding anything contained in these Terms, any amounts which are overdue from the Constituent to the Member will be charged delayed payment charges at the rate of [22%] per annum or such other rate as may be determined by the Member and notified on the web site and the Constituent hereby authorises the Member to directly debit the same to the account of the Constituent.

ix.Constituents Funds and Securities Accounts

1. The Member shall maintain such books of account in such manner so as to show and distinguish in connection with its business as a trading member the moneys and securities/ contracts and underlying securities and commodities received from or on account of each of the Constituents, and the moneys and securities/ commodities received on its own account.
2. The Constituent is required to ascertain all ledger balances of moneys and securities/ contracts and underlying securities and commodities standing to its credit, which would be posted only on the relevant sections of the web site and statement of the funds and securities shall also be sent to the Constituent either by post or my e-mails at regular intervals as per the Rules, Regulations, Bye-Laws, Circulars of the Relevant Exchange.
3. All payments in respect of transactions made by the Constituent to the company shall be payable at Delhi or such other places as may be instructed by the Member, drafts and cheques in that behalf shall be drawn in favour of the concerned Company and shall be payable at Delhi or such other places as may be instructed by the member from time to time. Final settlement of outstanding account in respect of transactions between the Member and Constituent and periodical settlement and termination of contract shall be struck and finalised at the company Head Office at Delhi.
4. All transactions with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and/or Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) and/or MCX Stock Exchange Ltd. (MCX-SX) will be subject to the rules, regulations and Bye-laws of that Exchange apart from the existing terms and conditions as mentioned thereof.

x.Further Documentation

The Constituent agrees to complete any further documentation that may be required in relation to any of the securities/ contracts dealings or by any of the regulatory authorities or under the Member'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.

xi.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/ FMC, the Reserve Bank of India and the National Securities Depository Limited, the Central Depository Services Limited, the Securities Contracts Regulation Act, Forward Contracts Regulation Act and the rules made there under, and the byelaws, constitution, rules, regulations, and guidelines of the NSE/MCX-SX/MCX, if any.

i.Protection of Constituent's Trading Password

The Constituent shall immediately notify the Member in writing, delivered via e-mail, Speed Post or 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 Member, the Member 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 Member 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.

ii.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 Member. 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 Member in writing or through the e-mail id of the Constituent. On receipt of such a request the Member 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 Member 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.Form of Trading Password

The Constituent shall use a Trading Password of 6-8 characters in length, which is a combination of alphabets, symbols 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.

iv.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.

v.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 Member'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 Member 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.

vi.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.

vii.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 Member prior to accessing the services provided pursuant to these Terms. The Member 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 Member.

viii.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.

i.Facilities and Web Content

1. 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 Member 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 Member's web site for the Constituent's own needs only, and the Constituent is not authorised to resell 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 Member's web site.
2. 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.
3. All Content is owned or controlled by or the party credited as the provider of such Content. The Content, and the entire Web-Site, including without limitation all materials published by and all postings on the Web-Site may be protected by copyright pursuant to Indian copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. Member owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such Content, as well as in the original component of the Content itself. All persons visiting and/or using any of the Facilities on the Web-Site or viewing any of the Content thereof (hereinafter such person shall be referred to as the “Visitor”, which term shall mean and include the Constituent in relation to any use of the Facilities and Content) shall abide by all copyright notices, conventions, and other copyright laws. The Visitor shall abide by all copyright notices, information or restrictions contained in any Content accessed by or through the Web-Site. Reproduction of the Web-Site site, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of is strictly prohibited.
4. 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. Member retains full and complete title and rights to all intellectual property in Web Site.

ii.Third Party Providers/Links

The Web Site may contain links to other web sites on the World Wide Web. Member is not responsible for their resources or their content or the availability thereof.

iii.Submissions

• The Visitor shall remain solely responsible for all submissions on and to the Web Site. Member is not responsible for the content or message of any submissions. The member 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 Member 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.
• While does not and cannot review every message posted or item submitted to/on the Web-Site, Member reserves the right, in its sole discretion, but assumes no duty, to delete, move, or edit submissions that it believes to be 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.
• 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 Member, 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 Member, 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.
• 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.
• The author or creator of any and all submissions in any form or other uploads to the discussion groups and/or chat rooms, transfers and assigns to , by virtue of submission, to the Web-Site, the entire copyright, throughout the universein any and all media and forms of publication, reproduction, transmission, distribution, performance, or display, The provisions of these Terms of Use 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 thereunder 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. Member 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 hereinafter developed) in whole or in part, whether or not combined with the work of others. In addition, Member 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.

iv.Warranties of Constituent

• 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 Member is accurate and truthful.
• The Constituent confirms that it/he/she is of legal age and it/he/she has obtained the necessary approvals from the relevant regulatory/ legal and compliance authorities to access the services provided pursuant to these Terms.

v.Indemnity

• 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/Member/NSE/MCX-SX/MCX end. The Constituent hereby specifically indemnifies and holds the Member harmless from any and all claims, and agrees that the Member 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 Member or otherwise or any problem, technological or otherwise, that might prevent the Constituent from entering the Member's system or from executing an order or in respect of other conditions .
• The Constituent further agrees that he/she/it will not be compensated by the Member 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 Member or of the Exchanges is operating or the delay in stock quotes or any shutting down by the Member of his system for any reason or the Member disabling the Constituent from trading on his system for any reason whatsoever.

vi.Member's Liability

• Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall the Member 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 Member 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 Member or otherwise.
• The Constituent agrees to fully indemnify and hold harmless the Member 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.Limitation of liability

The Member 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 Member 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 Member 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 Member or otherwise or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Member.

viii.Interruption in service

The Member 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 Member shall not be held responsible for any breakdown of the system either due to the fault of the systems of the Member or of the Exchanges or otherwise.

ix.Amendment/ Modification of the Terms

The Member 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 Member 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 Member after such notice will constitute acknowledgement and acceptance of such amendment. The continued use of the Services by the Constituent constitutes the Constituent's acceptance of any and all modifications and amendments of the Terms.

x. Severability

If any provisions 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.

x.No Assignment

The rights of the Constituent under these Terms are not transferable under any circumstances and shall be used only by the Constituent.

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.

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 Member 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.

xiv.Dispute Resolution

• The Member and the Constituent are aware of the provisions of the bye laws rules and regulations of the NSE/MCX-SX/MCX 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.
• 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 xiv(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 a panel consisting of a sole arbitrator. The Member and the Constituent expressly consent and agree that the Chairman, shall be the persona designate to appoint the 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.
• The member maintains offices at different places within the knowledge of the Constituent and the Constituent shall have all transactions with the principal 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 principal to such Constituents after obtaining the instructions in this behalf and may give acknowledgement of such transactions on behalf of the head office. However all transactions may be entered at branches shall be treated as transactions being done with the principal office and all information shall remain with the Member at New Delhi.

xv.Foreign Jurisdiction

This service does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares, securities, Currency, commodities 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 or forward contract 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, commodities, currency derivatives 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.

xvi.Other General Terms and Conditions

1. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Terms or in the KYC-Kit, Member retains its right to

i.In its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the Website or any Material/s in any respect. Member shall 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.

2. The Constituent agrees to abide by the above-mentioned Terms and Conditions and rules in force and changes in Terms and Conditions from time to time relating to their account.
3. The Constituent agrees that the Member 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.
4. The Constituent agrees that any change in their account status or change of address will be immediately informed to the Member.
5. The Constituent agrees that they shall not pay any amount in cash to any Sales Representative of the Member at the time of opening an account or carrying out any transaction in the normal course of the business.
6. The Constituent agrees to accept the format provided by the Member in order to execute their fax instructions to the Member.
7. The Constituent agrees that the Passwords will be dispatched by the courier or e-mailed to it/him/her at their risk and consequence.
8. 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 Member against the claim of above minor for any withdrawal/transactions made by him in the minor's account.
9. The Constituent agrees that the Member 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.
10. The Constituent agrees that the Membermay disclose customer information, in strict confidence, to any of its agent/s and/or contractors with whom the Member enters or has entered into any arrangement in connection with providing of services.
11. 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.