1. All transactions between the parties shall be subject to the Articles, Rules and Regulations of the Exchange, revised policies, Board Directions and new regulations to be framed in pursuance of section 34 of the Securities and Exchange Ordinance 1969,the Securities and Exchange commission of Pakistan Act 1997,Brokers and Agents Registration Rules, 2001, Securities and Exchange Rules 1971 and all directions/ directives passed from time to time to regulate the trades between the parities and to regulate Brokers conduct and the Central Depository Companies of Pakistan Act 1997, Rules framed there under and the National Clearing And Settlement System Regulations and any other law for the time being in force. The Broker shall ensure provision of copies of all the above Laws, Rules and Regulations at his office for access to the Account Holder(s) during working hours.
2. The amount deposited as security margin by the Account Holder(s) with the Broker shall only be used for the purposes of dealings in securities, such as trading and/or settlement of deliveries of securities on behalf of the Account Holder(s).The Broker shall not use such amount for his own use.
3. The Broker shall be authorized to act on the verbal instructions of the Account Holder(s). The Broker shall provide a written confirmation of the executed transactions as required under rule 4(4) of the Securities and Exchange Rules, 1971, and all such transactions records by the Broker in his books shall be conclusive and binding upon the Account Holder(s), which shall not be questioned by him/her/them, subject to clause 5 below.
The Account Holder(s) shall give written instruction for the sale/purchase of securities to the Broker. The Account Holder(s) shall not give any verbal/oral instructions. The Broker shall provide a written confirmation of the executed transactions as required under rules4(4) of the securities and Exchange Rules, 1971, and all such transactions recorded by the Broker in his books shall be conclusive and binding upon the Account Holder(s), which shall not be questioned by him/her/them, subject to clause 5 below.
4. The Broker shall provide the confirmation of the executed transactions to the---------- (Name of Account Holder) at the above stated address by means of acceptable mode of communication or by hand subject to acknowledgement receipt as noted in clause 16.
5. In case there are any error(s) in the daily confirmation statement, the Account Holder(s) shall report the same to the Broker within one-business day of the receipt of confirmation. In case the Account Holder(s) do not respond within one business day of the receipt of the said daily confirmation statement, the confirmation statement shall be deemed conclusively accepted by the Account Holder(s).
6. In the event that the Account Holder(s) fail(s) to deposit additional cash or securities as margin within one business day of the margin call (in writing), the Broker shall have absolute discretion to and, without further notice to Account Holder(s), Liquidate the Account Holder(s) outstanding positions, including the securities purchased and carried in such account, so that the margin is maintained at the required level.
7. The Broker shall be responsible to ensure delivery of CDC eligible securities in the CDC Account of the Account Holder(s) in the subject to full payment by the Account Holder(s). In case of companies, which are not on the CDC, the Broker shall ensure delivery of physical shares along with verified transfer deeds against payment to the Account Holder(s). Further, the Broker shall be responsible for the payment of any credit cash balance available in the account of the Account Holder preferably in form of A/c. Payee cross cheque within I business day of the request of the Account Holder(s) (subject to the maintenance of the margin requirements).
8. The Broker shall encourage the Account Holder(s) to make payments to the Broker by "A/c payee only" cheque or cash (for amounts below Rs.50,000). The Broker shall be responsible to provide the receipt to the Account Holder(s) in the name of the Account Holder(s) duly signed by authorized agents /employee of the Broker and the Account Holder(s) shall be responsible to obtain the receipt thereof. In case of cash dealings, proper receipt will be taken and given to the Account Holder(s), specifically mentioning if payment is for margin or the purchase of securities.
9. The Account Holder(s) shall have a right to obtain a copy of his/her or their ledger statement under official seal and signature of the Broker or his authorized representative on a periodic basis. In case of any discrepancy in the ledger statement, the Account Holder(s) shall inform the Broker within 1 day of receipt of the ledger statement to remove such discrepancy.
10. The Account Holder(s) shall operate the account and execute transactions himself/herself/themselves, unless authorized as above.
11. For Joint Account Holders only:- We, the Account Holder shall operate the account jointly or severally and the instructions issued either jointly or severally shall be binding on us as well as upon the broker in respect of the joint titled account.
12. The Broker shall be responsible to append a list of his authorized agents/traders and designated employees, who can deal with the Account Holder(s) with this account opening form and a copy of both the opening form and the list will be provided to the Account Holder(s). Any change therein shall be intimated in writing to the Account Holder(s) with immediate effect.
13. The Broker shall debit the account of the Account Holder(s) for the commission charges or any other charges in connection with the brokerage services rendered, which shall be clearly detailed in the ledger statement/daily confirmations.
14. The Broker shall not disclose the information of the transactions of the Account Holders to any third party and shall maintain the confidentiality of this information. However, in case the Exchange or the Commission as the case may be requires any such information, the Broker shall be obliged to disclose the same for which the Account Holder(s) shall not raise any objection whatsoever.
15. In case a Broker converts his individual membership rights to corporate membership and vice versa the agreement and conditions laid down herein above shall remain effective unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
