GENERAL TERMS
In this Agreement ("Agreement"), "you" and "your"
refer to each customer ("Customer") and "we",
"us" and "our" refer to A&P Co-ordinator Pte
Ltd ("A&P"). This Agreement explains our obligations
to you and your obligations to us in relation to your use of our services.
Please read this Agreement carefully prior to using the A&P service(s).
By registering for A&P service(s), you have agreed to establish
an account with us for such services and be bound by the terms and
conditions herein. When you use your account or permit someone else
to use your account to purchase or otherwise acquire access to additional
A&P service(s) or to modify or cancel your A&P service(s)
(even if we were not notified of such authorization), this Agreement
covers any such service or actions. This Agreement may be updated
from time to time by A&P with or without notice.
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TERM |
| 1.1 |
This
Agreement is initially for the Term of one (1) year. Upon the
expiry of the Term, this Agreement (unless terminated) shall
be renewed thereafter upon similar terms herein for successive
one-year term.
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| 2. |
LEVEL
OF SERVICES |
| 2.1 |
During
the Term, A&P shall ensure that the Customer shall have
access to the Services and that the Services shall meet the
Service Levels.
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| 2.2 |
A&P
shall use its best endeavours to maintain continuous improvements
in service standards and to implement technology improvements
where deemed appropriate by us in our sole and absolute discretion.
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A&P's
deliverance of the above level of Services is subject to the
following :
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2.3.1 |
the Customer's
equipment have been configured according to A&P's requirements;
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2.3.2 |
the Customer
provides full co-operation to A&P's staff during the process
of problem resolution; and
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2.3.3 |
the Customer
allows reasonable access to the Customer's equipment by A&P's
staff during office hours. The Customer shall also allow reasonable
access to the A&P's staff outside of office hours provided
that A&P shall have notified the Customer of the requirement
for such access not less than one working day in advance.
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| 3. |
CONSIDERATION |
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In consideration
of A&P providing the Services, the Customer shall pay to
A&P the Fees promptly on the dates due. Unless otherwise
agreed, the Fees are excluding GST, which the Customer shall
pay to A&P.
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A&P
shall be entitled to charge late payment interest calculated
at 2% pa for the period when the Fee is outstanding. In the
event that the Fees are overdue by more than thirty (30) days,
A&P reserve the right suspend the use of Service(s) until
full payment is made.
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A&P
reserves the right, at any time, to change its fees and billing
methods, including the addidtion of supplemental fees or separate
charges for services provided by A&P which will be effective
after thirty (30) days notice via online posting at our websites
or via email.
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| 4. |
INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR |
| 4.1 |
The Parties
acknowledge and agree that :-
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4.1.1 |
the
Parties are contracting as independent contractors in relation
to their respective businesses;
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4.1.2 |
each
Party will not, as a result of this Agreement, be carrying on
business jointly or deriving any return or profit jointly;
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4.1.3 |
the Parties are not carrying on any business in partnership
and nothing in this Agreement constitutes them as partners of
each other for the purposes of the general law or any statute
(including without limitation a statute relating to a partnership
or taxation); and
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4.1.4 |
except
as expressly provided in this Agreement, each Party is not the
agent of the other and neither of them has any power or authority
to enter into any commitment or to bind the other, or both of
them together or to pledge the credit of the other.
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CUSTOMER'S
DATA |
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The Customer
agrees to (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information
about the Customer during the Service Registration Process (such
information being the "Registration Information")
and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Information
to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide
any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete,
or A&P has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information
is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, A&P has
the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any
and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion
thereof).
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A&P
will use reasonable efforts to assign to the Customer the selected
UserIDs and passwords that it selects. However A&P reserves
the right to reject or terminate use of a UserID if it has been
previously assigned to another Customer or if A&P in its
sole discretion determines (a) the UserID is offensive or its
use violate applicable law, (b) the Customer has selected or
is using a UserID of another party with the intent to impersonate
that party or (c) the UserID contains, may interfere or be confused
with, violate, exploit, or capitalise on, the name, goodwill,
trade name, trademark, registered trademark, service mark, or
proprietary or other rights of any party.
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The Customer
is solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of
the UserIDS, the passwords, the Site and the information stored
on the Site (collectively, the "Site Information")
and of all information that they transmit through the Service(s)
and any and all activities that occur under the Customer's account.
The Customer agrees to immediately notify A&P of any unauthorised
use of the Customer's account or any other breach of security
known to it.
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A&P
shall, in its relationship with all other parties, take all
reasonable steps to ensure that the Customer's information and
data are kept confidential on the terms set out in A&P's
Privacy Statement. However,
the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the complete privacy
of the Customer's data transmitted while using the Services
cannot be guaranteed and these activities are conducted at the
Customer own risk.
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TERMINATION |
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The Customer
agrees and acknowledges that A&P, in its sole discretion,
may terminate, cancel, suspend, limit, discontinue, and/or deactivate
(temporarily or permanently) all or part of the Services, UserID,
any password, registration, any part or all of the Site, and/or
the Customer's access to and use of any part or all of the Customer's
personally, identifiable information (collectively "Personal
Information"), Registration Information, Site Information,
the Services and/or the Site, and/or the Customer's rights under
these Terms all at any time, with or without cause and for any
reason, including without limitation if:
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6.1.1 |
A&P
believes that the Customer has violated or is threatening to
violate these Terms or other policy of A&P, its Third Party
Providers or applicable law, has misused or is threatening to
misuse the Services, or has conducted or is threatening to conduct
any fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity; or
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A&P
believes that the Customer has accessed or is attempting to
access any part of the Services or Content without authorisation,
or the Site, or Registration Site or Personal Information of
any other Customer.
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A&P
reserves the rights to investigate the validity of any complaint
presented to it, which alleges that any site has been used to
conduct fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity. Such investigations
may include logging on to the Site and/or reviewing any data
or information contained therein. A&P shall not, however,
provide any such information to any third party unless required
by law or court order.
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Either
party may forthwith terminate this Agreement by giving written
notice to the other party if:
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6.2.1 |
the other
party becomes insolvent or if a liquidator, receiver, manager,
administrator or trustee in bankruptcy of the other party or
the other party's business is appointed or if an application
or order for the winding up of the defaulting party is made
and not withdrawn or dismissed within thirty days or if the
defaulting party enters into any composition or scheme of arrangement;
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6.2.2 |
the other
party commits a breach of any term of this Agreement.
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You may
terminate this Agreement and your subscription to the Service
at any time. However, if you terminate your subscription prior
to the end of the minimum subscription period you have committed
to, you will be required to pay A&P a termination fee equal
to one hundred percent (100%) of the monthly service fee multiplied
by the number of months remaining in the initial period as applicable.
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The expiration
or termination of this Agreement will have no effect on any
rights or liabilities, which have accrued to either party prior
to expiration or termination.
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A termination
described in clause 6.1 may be made with or without notice and
will be effective immediately. In the event of Termination,
A&P may remove and/or permanently delete from its servers
all of the Customer's Site Information, Registration Information
and Personal Information and all backup copies, provided that
A&P will first give notice of its intent to do so. A&P
will provide Customer a period of not more than 30 days to copy
and/or remove all the Site Information. At the expiration of
such period, A&P may remove from its servers and/or permanently
delete all such information and/or all backup of copies thereof,
without further notice and without any liability of A&P
to the Customer or any third party.
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ACCESS
TO SERVICES |
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A&P
will make commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Site operational
and ensure that access to the Site is available 24x7 basis.
However, certain technical difficulties and access to the Services,
Site and Site information may be unavailable from time to time
for any reason, including without limitation, interruption for
major network connectivity, network and server outages, and
backup and regular maintenance by A&P and any operators
of our servers. A&P also reserves the right at any time
to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, functions
of the Service with or without notice. You agree that A&P
shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any of
the direct or indirect consequences of any modification, suspension,
discontinuance of or interruption to the Service.
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To use
the Services, the Customer must obtain and pay all fees for
access to the World Wide Web and provide all equipment necessary
to make such connection, including a computer and modem or other
access device.
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PRIVACY
POLICY |
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A&P
respects the privacy of its Customer. The A&P Privacy Policy
is set forth at http://www.kikuze.com/general/privsta.htm
and may be amended at any time in our sole discretion.
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CUSTOMER'S
RESPONSIBILITIES |
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All Site
Information, Registration Information, Personal Information
and other information stored, publicly posted or privately transmitted
through the Services by the Customer, the confidentiality and
privacy of all of the same and of the Site, and all uses of
the Services and the Site by the Customer and its Members are
at their sole risk and responsibility. Without limitation, the
Customer agrees that it and its Members will use the Services
and the Site only in accordance with these Terms, and will not
use them to:
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upload,
store, post, link to, email or otherwise transmit, distribute,
publish or disseminate any Site Information, Content or other
information (i) that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive,
harassing, tortuous, profane, defamatory, indecent, vulgar,
obscene, objectionable or libellous, or promotes such activity;
(ii) that (or the transmission, distribution, publication or
dissemination of which) infringes any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright, or other rights or proprietary rights of
any party, violates any contractual or fiduciary relationships
(such as inside, proprietary or confidential information); (iii)
that is harmful to minors; or (iv) that contains software viruses,
Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or any other computer
code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit
the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications
equipment or circumvent any "copy-protect" devices,
any other harmful or disruptive program, or any cracks, hacks,
associated utilities or other piracy related information;
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provide
inaccurate, incomplete, outdated or misleading Registration
Information or e-mail addresses, create a false identity or
manipulate identifiers to mislead or to disguise the origin
of any information stored on the Site or transmitted through
the Services, or impersonate or otherwise misrepresent any affiliation
with any person or entity;
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modify,
use, download, publish, upload, post, transmit, transfer, sell,
reproduce, create new or derivative works from, licence, distribute,
perform, display, broadcast, exploit or otherwise copy any portion
of the Services, Site Name, or any Content, or any products
or other services (including software) obtained therefrom, or
permit access to the same by any unauthorised person or entity;
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interfere
with or disrupt any advertising, "banner ads", links
or click-through URLs provided through the Services, the Services,
or servers or networks connected to the Services, or violate
the regulations, policies or procedures of such servers or networks,
or interfere with another Subscribing Organisation's or Member's
use and enjoyment of the Services;
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interfere
with another Customer's use and enjoyment of the Services, Content,
other Sites, Registration Information, Site Information or Personal
Information or another Member's use and enjoyment of such services;
or
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attempt
to gain unauthorised access to the Services, Content, other
Sites, Registration Information, Site Information or Personal
Information, or other computer systems, servers or networks
connected to the Services.
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A&P
does not monitor any information transmitted through the Services,
Site Information or use thereof except to the limited extent
permitted in these Terms or the Privacy
Policy, but we have the right (but not the obligation) to
delete, move or edit and to require the Customer to delete,
move or edit any Registration, Site or Personal Information
that violates the same. The Customer must evaluate and bear
all risks associated with use of any Site Information and any
other information or products obtained from the Services, including
any reliance on the accuracy, completeness or usefulness thereof.
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS |
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All copyright
and other intellectual property and proprietary rights in the
content contained in the Site or Services belong to A&P
or other third party content providers. Content received through
the Service may be used for your personal, non-commercial use
only. You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate,
sell, broadcast, make available to third parties or circulate
the content received through the Service to anyone or to exploit
any such content for commercial or non-commercial purposes without
the express prior written consent of A&P. All rights and
interests in Intellectual property, copyright and licences pertaining
to any programs developed and used in connection with the Services
shall at all times remain the property of A&P.
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The Customer
acknowledges that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed
to be a transfer by A&P to the Customer of any interest
whatsoever in any intellectual property relating to the Services.
The Customer shall have a bare licence to use any application
or program necessary for the provision of the Services during
the Term. Except as expressly provided herein, the Customer
is not granted any rights or license to patents, copyrights,
trade secrets or trademarks with respect to the Services or
its contents, and A&P reserves all rights not expressly
granted hereunder. The Customer shall promptly notify A&P
in writing upon your discovery of any unauthorised use or infringement
of the Service or its contents, or A&P's patent, copyright,
trade secret, trademarks or other intellectual property rights.
The Service contains proprietary and confidential information
that is protected by copyright laws and international treaty
provisions.
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TRADEMARK
INFORMATION |
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Kikuze®,
Sales Promotion Manager, Print Manager, Sales Communication
Kit Kikuze® Print on Demand, and the KIKUZE logos
are trademarks of A&P Co-ordinator Pte Ltd. All other trademarks/logos
are the property of their respective owners. Users are not permitted
to use any trademarks, service marks, or logos without the prior
written consent of A&P.
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EXTERNAL
SITES |
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This site
may contain links to sites that are owned, operated and maintained
by third parties, which are provided as a convenience to you.
These linked sites are not under the control of KIKUZE, and
KIKUZE is not responsible for the accuracy of the content on
such sites, or the privacy practices of such sites, and you
expressly understand that your access by link to such sites
is at your own risk.
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WARRANTY
AND DISCLAIMERS |
| 13.1 |
THE SERVICES,
CONTENT, SITE, THIS WEBSITE, LINKED SITES, SERVERS, STORAGE
FACILITIES, AND ALL INFORMATION, SERVICE AND PRODUCTS ADVERTISED,
PURCHASED, OBTAINED OR ACCESSED THROUGH THEM OR ANY THIRD PARTY
PROVIDER (COLLECTIVELY, THE "MATERIAL") ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" AND WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR
CONDITIONS OR ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
A&P EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED AND STATUTORY
WARRANTIES INCLUDING NOT LIMITED TO:
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(A) |
WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS;
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(B) |
ANY WARRANTIES
THAT THE SERVICES AND/OR CONTENTS WILL MEET THE CUSTOMER'S REQUIREMENT
OR EXPECTATION, OR WILL BE RELIABLE, ACCURATE, TIMELY, QUICK,
CONSISTENT, SECURE, COMPLETE OR FREE OF ERRORS,
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(C) |
ANY WARRANTIES
CONCERING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF ANY OF THE SERVICES
AND CONTENTS.
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THE CUSTOMER
ASSUMES TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR ITS MEMBER'S USE OF
THE SERVICES AND CONTENTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL A&P BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, PUTIIVE OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA
OR OTHER INTANGIBLES) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
WITH:
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PERFORMANCE,
USE, INABILITY TO USE, MISUSE OR PROVISION OF THE SERVICES AND/OR
CONTENTS, OR ANY FAILURE, DELAY, INTERRUPTION, SUSPENSION, CHANGES
OR TERMINATION THEREOF, OR THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTES
THEREFOR;
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ANY ACTION
TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO OR AS A RESULT OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION
IN THE SERVICES;
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FAILURE
TO BACKUP OR STORE, LOSS OF ACCESS, DELETION OR UNAUTHORISED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OR USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE CUSTOMER'S
TRANSMISSION, DATA OR PERSONAL, REGISTRATION OR SITE INFORMATION;
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ANY LOSS
OR INTERRUPTION OF DATA, TRANSMISSION, PERSONNAL OR SITE INFORMATION
RESULTING FROM NETWORK, SERVER OR SYSTEM OUTRAGES, FILE CURRUPTION
OR ANY OTHER REASON;
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ANY INFRINGEMENT
OF RIGHTS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS);
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STATEMENTS
OR CONDUCT OR ANY PARTY USING THE SERVICES; OR
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ORDER
FULFILLMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE, BILLING OR ACCOUNT COLLECTION
BY A THRID PARTY PROVIDER, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF A&P HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY |
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The Parties
agree that in the event of any claim or claims against A&P
by the Customer for any neglect or default or any other matter
or thing whatsoever or howsoever arising, the maximum amount
payable by A&P in respect of such claim or claims shall
be the aggregate amount paid by the Customer to A&P under
the terms and conditions of this Agreement prior to such claim
or claims.
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Notwithstanding
Clause 14.1 or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, A&P
shall not in any circumstance be liable to the Customer or any
other person by reason of any representation or implied warranty,
condition or other term or any duty at common law, or under
the express terms of this Agreement, for any consequential loss
or damage (whether for loss of profits or otherwise and whether
occasioned by the negligence of A&P or its employees or
agents or otherwise) arising out of or in connection with any
act or omission of A&P relating to the supply of the Services
and the use thereof by the Customer or by any third party.
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Notices
by either party must be given by registered letter or by facsimile
message addressed to the other party at (in the case of a company)
its registered office for the time being and (in the case of
an individual) his last known address or sent to their respective
facsimile numbers set out above and any such notice given by
letter or facsimile shall be deemed to have been given at the
time at which the letter or facsimile would be delivered in
the ordinary course of post or transmission as the case may
be.
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The expiration
or termination of this Agreement howsoever arising shall not
operate to affect such of the provisions hereof which in accordance
with their terms are expressed to operate or have effect after
the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
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This Agreement
is in substitution for all previous contracts between the parties
(if any) which shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual
consent as from the date on which this Agreement commences.
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This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect
to the subject matters hereof and there are no representations,
understandings or agreements relative hereto which are not fully
expressed herein.
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In the
event that any term condition or provision of this Agreement
is held to be in violation of any applicable law statute or
regulation the same shall be deemed to be deleted from this
Agreement and shall be of no force and effect and this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect as if such term condition
or provision had not originally been contained in this Agreement.
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DISPUTE
& JURISDICTION |
| 16.1 |
This Agreement
shall be governed by and be construed in accordance with the
laws of Singapore and the parties hereto submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the Courts in Singapore.
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In the
event of any dispute, the Parties shall first attempt to resolve
it amicably through private means. Failing this the Parties
shall refer the dispute to the Singapore Mediation Centre for
mediation prior to commencement of any legal proceedings.
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A&P Co-ordinator
Pte Ltd
6 Aljunied Ave 3 #01-02
Singapore 389932
Copyright
©2003 KiKUZE Solutions Pte Ltd
All
Rights Reserved.
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