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1.3
INTERPRETATION
1.3.1
THE TERMS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL,
UNLESS DEFINED OTHERWISE OR INCONSISTENT WITH THE CONTEXT OR MEANING THEREOF,
BEAR THE MEANING ASCRIBED TO THEM UNDER THE RELEVANT STATUTE/LEGISLATION.
1.3.2
REFERENCE TO STATUTORY PROVISIONS SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AS MEANING AND INCLUDING REFERENCES ALSO TO ANY AMENDMENT OR
RE-ENACTMENT (WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT) FOR THE TIME
BEING IN FORCE AND TO ALL STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS OR ORDERS MADE PURSUANT TO SUCH
STATUTORY PROVISIONS.
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[***] Indicates that text has been omitted which is the subject of a
confidential treatment request. This text has been separately filed with the
SEC.
1.3.3
ANY REFERENCE TO A CONTRACT OR OTHER DOCUMENT AS OF
A GIVEN DATE MEANS THE CONTRACT OR OTHER DOCUMENT AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED AND
MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH SUCH DATE.
1.3.4
ANY REFERENCE TO A DOCUMENT IN "AGREED FORM" IS TO
A DOCUMENT IN A FORM AGREED BETWEEN THE PARTIES INITIALED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
IDENTIFICATION BY OR ON BEHALF OF EACH OF THEM (IN EACH CASE WITH SUCH
AMENDMENTS AS MAY BE AGREED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE PARTIES).
1.3.5
WORDS DENOTING THE SINGULAR SHALL INCLUDE THE
PLURAL AND WORDS DENOTING ANY GENDER SHALL INCLUDE ALL GENDERS.
1.3.6
HEADINGS, SUBHEADINGS, TITLES, SUBTITLES TO
CLAUSES, SUBCLAUSES AND PARAGRAPHS ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND SHALL NOT FORM
PART OF THE OPERATIVE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ANNEXURE HERETO AND
SHALL BE IGNORED IN CONSTRUING THE SAME.
1.3.7
THE TERMS "HEREOF," "HEREIN," AND "HEREWITH" AND
WORDS OF SIMILAR IMPORT SHALL, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, BE CONSTRUED TO REFER TO
THIS AGREEMENT AS A WHOLE (INCLUDING ALL OF THE SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS HERETO)
AND NOT TO ANY PARTICULAR PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, CLAUSE, SCHEDULE AND
EXHIBIT REFERENCES ARE TO THE CLAUSES, SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS TO THIS AGREEMENT
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
1.3.8
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN A PARTICULAR CASE,
REFERENCE TO DAYS, MONTHS AND YEARS ARE TO CALENDAR DAYS, CALENDAR MONTHS AND
CALENDAR YEARS, RESPECTIVELY.
1.3.9
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, TIME PERIODS WITHIN OR
FOLLOWING WHICH ANY PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE OR ACT IS TO BE DONE SHALL BE
CALCULATED BY EXCLUDING THE DAY ON WHICH THE PERIOD COMMENCES AND INCLUDING THE
DAY ON WHICH THE PERIOD ENDS AND BY EXTENDING THE PERIOD TO THE NEXT BUSINESS
DAY IF THE LAST DAY OF SUCH PERIOD IS NOT A BUSINESS DAY; AND WHENEVER ANY
PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE OR ACTION TO BE TAKEN UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED TO
BE MADE OR TAKEN ON A DAY OTHER THAN A BUSINESS DAY, SUCH PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE
OR ACTION TAKEN ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.
1.3.10
WORDS "DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY" MEAN DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY THROUGH ONE OR MORE INTERMEDIARY PERSONS OR THROUGH CONTRACTUAL OR
OTHER LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND "DIRECT OR INDIRECT" HAVE THE CORRELATIVE
MEANINGS.
1.3.11
ANY REFERENCE TO "WRITING" SHALL INCLUDE PRINTING,
TYPING, LITHOGRAPHY AND OTHER MEANS OF REPRODUCING WORDS IN VISIBLE FORM BUT
SHALL EXCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES VIA MOBILE PHONES.
1.3.12