system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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or agreements necessary to affect the intent of this Agreement. 18. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES This Agreement shall not create any joint venture or partnership between the parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon either party any proprietary interest in, or subject a party to any liability for or in respect of the business, assets, profits, losses or obligations of the other. Nothing herein contained shall be read or construed so as to make the parties a partnership, nor shall anything contained herein be read or construed in any way to restrict the freedom of either party to conduct any business or activity whatsoever without any accountability to the other party. Neither party shall be considered to be an agent or representative of the other party or have any authority or power to act for or undertake any obligation on behalf of the other party except as expressly authorized by the other party in writing. Any such unauthorized representation or action shall be considered a breach of this Agreement. 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any prior communications, representations or agreements of any kind, whether oral or written; provided, however, notwithstanding this Agreement, that certain Distribution Agreement by and between Vendor and TCS Aces Pty Limited dated September 19, 2004 shall remain in full force and effect. 20. COUNTERPARTS This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 21. MODIFICATION This Agreement may not be modified or rescinded except by express written agreement signed by both of the Parties. 22. CONFLICTS If any term included in an invoice, purchase order, packing slip, or bill of lading contradicts or is otherwise at odds with any provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. -12- 23. JURISDICTION Disputes under this Agreement shall be resolved through arbitration in Ontario, Canada by a single arbitrator to be appointed by agreement of the parties, or in default, by the President of the Law Society/Bar of Canada. The laws of Ontario, Canada shall govern the conduct of the arbitration and any appeal from the decision of the arbitrator. 24. WAIVER Neither the inspection by Distributor, nor any payment for or acceptance of all or any part of the Products specified in this Agreement, nor any extension of time, nor any possession taken by Distributor or Distributor's employees, shall operate as a waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any power in this Agreement reserved to Distributor, or any rights or damages provided for in this Agreement, nor shall any waiver of any breach in this Agreement be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. 25. ASSIGNMENT OR DELEGATION No assignment by either Party of any rights, including rights to money due or to become due under this Agreement, or delegation of any duties under this Agreement or under any purchase orders subject to this Agreement, shall be binding on the nonassigning Party unless and until a written consent has been obtained from the nonassigning Party. 26. SEVERABILITY Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability and only as to such jurisdiction without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of these terms or provisions in any other jurisdiction. 27. GOVERNING LAW This Agreement shall be governed by, construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada. -13- 28. NOTICES Any notice, request, instruction, or other document required by the terms of this Agreement, or deemed by any of the parties hereto to be desirable, to be given to any other party hereto shall be in writing and shall be given by personal delivery, overnight delivery, facsimile (with confirmation of transmission) or mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested, to the addresses of the Parties as follows: If to Distributor: Technical Casino Supplies Ltd Unit 9, Mulberry Business Centre, Quebec May, Rotherhithe, London, SE167LE Telephone: _____-_____-_____ Facsimile: _____-_____-_____ Attn: _____________ With a copy to: _________________ _________________ _________________ Telephone: _____-_____-_____ Facsimile: _____-_____-_____ Attn: ______________, Esq. If to Vendor: VendingData Corporation 6830 Spencer Street Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 Telephone: 702.733.7195 Facsimile: 702.733.7197 Attn: Steven J. Blad, President and CEO With
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Extract the exact clause related to "Governing Law" from the excerpt above.

assistant: This Agreement shall be governed by, construed in accordance with the laws of Ontario, Canada.