- Disclaimers
- The materials posted on the Website are not intended to amount to advice on which
reliance
should be
placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance
placed on such
materials by any visitor to our Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its
content.
- We are not required to be licensed and/or regulated by the Bank Negara Malaysia
(“BNM”) as the Precious Metals are not a regulated
financial
instrument
under Malaysia laws and are treated like any other physical goods that can be freely
traded,
purchased
or sold.
- BNM does not regulate any of our products and services as Precious Metals do not fall
within
the remit
of the Financial Deposit Insurance Scheme of Malaysia.
- We do not provide any investment or other forms of advice, nor do we make any
recommendations to you. We
do not provide advise as to whether you should enter into any Transaction with
us. We
solely
perform, on an “execution only” basis; the buying, selling, testing of
Precious
Metals.
- A reference to a person shall include a reference to an individual or individuals, firm,
company,
corporation, partnership, unincorporated body of persons, government, state or agency of
a
state or any
association, trust, joint venture or consortium (whether or not having separate legal
personality) and
that person’s personal representatives, successors, permitted assigns and
permitted
transferees.
- Your agreement to these Terms of Use shall be indicated by way of acceptance via
visiting
our Website.
If you disagree with any part of the Terms of Use, you shall cease the use of our
Website on an
immediate basis.
Any references in this Terms of Use to a given date and/or time shall mean Peninsular
Malaysia time (UTC
+8) and as for “Business Day”, it shall mean a day when the commercial banks
are
open for
business, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a public holiday in Selangor.
Your Purchase of Precious Metals (Purchase Order)
- Before the submission of the Purchase Order, you shall maintain a 3% margin deposit with
us
for each and
every Transactions (“the Margin Deposit”).
- The submission of a Purchase Order through our Website means that you have entered into
a
binding
agreement with us to purchase Precious Metals at the price specified in our Invoice.
- Your Purchase Order shall only be valid by containing (i) your details and information;
and
(ii) the
quantities of the Precious Metals.
- We shall verify and confirm the order made by you via our official email. For avoidance
of
any doubt, we
shall reserve the right to check any discrepancies, and your Purchase Order will only be
confirmed when
it is verified by us with the issuance of our Invoice.
- All the sales and Transactions are subject to Force Majeure events as provided in Clause
10
herein.
- We shall have the absolute right to refuse or cancel any order of any kind without prior
notice to you
in the following events:
- We are unable, for whatever reason, to procure any or adequate Precious Metals
to
satisfy your
Buy Order due to causes beyond our control;
- Your payment is not received on time as provided in Clause 2.8 herein;
- The price is incorrect, for whatever reasons, including but not limited to
computer-related or
technical problems or otherwise, pricing error, incorrect item descriptions;
and/or
- The order is deemed questionable, suspicious or of significant risk to us.
Any
such
decision made by us is final and we are not obliged to disclose the grounds of
our
decisions.
- The Purchase Price of the Precious Metals shall be the price specified in the Invoice.
The
Purchase
Price of the Precious Metals shall subject to any applicable tax imposed by the
government.
- You shall confirm with us on the currency of the Payment which either to be made in
Ringgit
Malaysia
(RM) or United States Dollar (USD) for the Precious Metals.
- Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, all amounts due and payable by you under
our
Invoice shall
be paid by interbank wire transfer to an account nominated us within three (3) working
days
from the
date of our Invoice. Any amount not paid by you when due (whether on the stated date, by
acceleration or
otherwise) shall bear the default damages of 0.015% a day (which shall include the
weekends
and public
holidays) as the agreed damages.
- Upon the full payment, we shall inform you when the Precious Metals are ready to be
collected via our
official email and you shall confirm in writing to us on the date of collection.
- You are able to physically collect Precious Metals from our Office. During the
collection,
you shall
issue an authorization letter with the company stamp together with the
representative’s identity
card to us.
- Collection of purchased Precious Metals must occur within one (1) month from the date of
our
official
email for collection, failing which, the collection order will either be cancelled or
Precious Metals
shall be transferred into storage and storage fees will start to accrue in accordance
with
the
prevailing storage rates which you shall fully responsible for the said storage cost.
- If you not within the Klang Valley, you shall confirm the method of delivery and the
cost of
delivery
shall be bound you.
- Deliveries to overseas destination may be subjected to import duties and taxes. As the
recipient, you
shall fully liable for all import duties, customs and local sales taxes levied by the
country shipping
to.
- All the Precious Metals are checked to ensure its good condition by us before deliver to
you. We shall
not be liable under any circumstances for any loss, damage or expense arising from in
any
connection
with the delivery and any shipment.
Your Sale of Precious Metals (Sell Order)
- Before the submission of the Sell Order, you shall maintain a 3% margin deposit with us
for
each and
every Transactions (“the Margin Deposit”).
- The prices listed in our Website are for reference and is not final. For walk-in
Precious
Metals sales
to us, we will issue you a Sell Order to confirm our purchase price.
- Prior to the issuance of our Sell Order for each Transaction(s), you shall provide a
sample
of the
Precious Metal for us to conduct Fire Assay analysis (“Fire Assay Analysis”)
wherein you
shall bear the cost of Fire Assay Analysis and the result of the Fire Assay analysis
shall
be final and
bind both parties.
- The quantity, quality, description and specification of the Precious Metals transacted,
shall be based
on the result of the Fire Assay Analysis and the price of the Precious Metals for each
Transaction(s)
shall be based on our Sell Order which both have been unconditionally accepted by you
Provided Always
that no offer submitted by you shall be deemed accepted us unless and until confirm in
writing by way of
a Sell Order issued us.
- We reserve our right to refuse or cancel any Purchase Order of Precious Metals, without
prior notice to
you in the following events:
- The listed price for the Precious Metals is incorrect due to a technical error
or
otherwise;
- We are unable to complete the Sell Order due to causes beyond our control;
- The transaction is deemed questionable, suspicious, or of risk to us; and/or
- We have reason to believe the sale and purchase transaction has become, may
become
or will
become illegal.
- Any such decision made by us is final and we shall not be obliged to disclose the
grounds of
our
decisions.
- Subject to any prior arrangement in writing between the Parties, you shall be entitled
to
80% of the
total payment on delivery of the Precious Metals to our Office.
- The balance 20% of the total payment shall be made by us to you within five (5) working
days
from the
date of the Fire Assay Analysis of the Precious Metals.
- We shall make payment pursuant to this Terms of Use only, by way of direct credit to
your
designated
Bank Account upon delivery or collection of the Precious Metals from you, as the case
maybe
you shall
execute our payment voucher upon receipt the full payment.
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing to the contrary you shall deliver the Precious Metals
to
our Office
or such other place as maybe directed by us in writing.
- For avoidance of any doubt, the Precious Metals shall be delivered to our Office within
15
days from the
date of the Sell Order, failing which, you shall be liable for our costs, loses and
damages
incurred by
us due to your default as provided in Clause 4 herein.
- Where the Precious Metals are to be delivered in batch by batch, each delivery shall
constitute as an
individual transaction and failure by you to deliver any one or more of the
transactions,
shall give us
the right to repudiate any of or all the individual transaction or to seek an indemnity
from
you to be
indemnified against all losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred by us in connection
thereof.
Cancellation
- You shall notify us immediately if you notice any discrepancies on documents issued to
you
under these
Terms of Use. If a discrepancy is not reported within 24 hours from the date and
time
of issuance,
you agree that the document is in order and the contents are correct. We reserve the
right
to correct
any discrepancies discovered and notify you of such correction.
- In the event that the cancellation of the Purchase Order or the Sell Order initiated by
you,
you shall
be responsible for payments of any spot price difference, which shall be the difference
of
the price at
which we sold to you or bought from you and the prevailing market price or prices at the
time of the
cancellation. There will be an additional cancellation fee as published in the
Schedule of Charges
imposed to you as the costs, loses and damages incurred by us for your cancellation.
- Any market gain by us on cancellations initiated by you shall not be refunded and shall
remain our
property and we shall forfeit the Marginal Deposit. Once we approve and agree to your
cancellation order
of Precious Metals, an ‘Order Cancellation” e-mail and/or written notice
shall
be sent to
you together with an invoice for any excess amount due by you. The excess amount
shall
be payable
within 30 days from the date of the ‘Order Cancellation’ e-mail and/or
written
notice.
We reserve the right to refuse new orders until the excess amount is paid in full.
Fire Assay Analysis
- We shall not be liable for any incidental, indirect, special or consequential loss or
damage
including,
but not limited to, loss of revenue, profits, contracts, business or anticipated
savings, or
loss of
goodwill or reputation, whether foreseeable or not and whether arising from any act or
omission in the
Fire Assay Analysis
General Terms, Settlement, AMLA & Ancillary Services
- You have all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations
under the
Terms of Use.
- You are not required to obtain consent, approval, or authorization of, or exemption by,
or
filing with,
any governmental authority or any third party in connection with the entrance into a
transaction with us
under the Terms of Use.
- You agree that all banking charges both in Malaysia and overseas shall be borne by you
and
shall be
deducted/charged to your account. These banking charges include, but is not limited to,
a)
all fees
charged by our banks in receiving USD and/or MYR transfers to our account, b) all
wiring,
handling and
other fees charged by the remitting and receiving banks, c) all fees charged by an
intermediary bank,
and d) all fees charged by any payment processing party.
- You represent and warrant that any funds used for settlement do not represent any
proceeds
of crime,
including any tax-related offences, and that you, or your affiliates, shareholders,
directors (where
applicable) or connected persons have not engaged in criminal activity or tax offences.
- You represent and warrant that the source of Precious Metals is valid under the law.
- You are aware and acknowledge that in compliance with the requirements of AMLA.
- All monies from you which will be paid to us for the purchase of Precious Metals shall
come
from a
lawful source of activity and not unlawful activities as defined under AMLA.
- The Precious Metals from you which will be handed over to us shall come from a lawful
source
of activity
and not unlawful activities as defined under AMLA.
- Please note that we may return the funds and your Precious Metals, no matter the
consequences, if we are
not satisfied with its source, and proceed to cancel the requested transaction or
settlement. In
case of doubt, we may contact you to seek additional information concerning the Precious
Metals and
funds' source, which you agree to provide. You hereby agree and acknowledge
that
we are
entitled to suspend the transaction until such additional information is received from
you
and is
satisfactory to us which shall include by not limited to withholding the delivery of the
Precious Metals
to you and whatever payments to you. You shall be liable for all losses, costs and
expenses
incurred by, directly or indirectly, us in connection with such suspension.
- Upon any failure by you to comply with your obligations, we shall be entitled to any and
all
of the
remedies available to us, whether at law, in equity or otherwise.
- In the event that we must take any action against you to enforce your obligations under
these Terms of
Use, including, without limitation, turning your account over to a debt collection
agency or
a lawyer
for debt recovery, you shall be liable for all of the costs and expenses incurred by us
in
connection
with such action.
- We shall not be liable for any damages or losses, including direct, indirect,
consequential
or
incidental damages and/or pure economic loss, which you may incur due to the: -
- Use or termination of our Website;
- Fault or negligence of any entity furnishing any facilities, equipment or
services
used in
connection with the Website;
- Failure or delays in transmission, malfunction of equipment, breakdown or
failure of
any
telecommunications systems, software or hardware provided by any entity used to
operate the
Website; and/or
- Causes beyond our reasonable control or anticipation.
- We shall not be liable for any damages or losses, including direct, indirect,
consequential
or
incidental damages and/or pure economic loss, which you may incur due to any actions
and/or
transactions
with us and/or your reliance on or use of information obtained in any of our
newsletters,
literature,
reports, e-mail correspondence, Website, or any other communication from us and we will
incur no
liability for any errors or omissions of such communications.
- We reserve the right and absolute discretion to modify any product or service
information
contained in
our Website or in any publication, at any time without any prior notification.
- Notwithstanding any other provision in these Terms of Service, the entire liability of
us
for any and
all claims, losses or damages arising out of or in connection with any transaction
between
us and you or
for any other reason whatsoever, shall be limited to the amount that you paid in such
transaction.
We shall not, in any event, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special,
consequential,
exemplary, punitive or other damages as a result of its or its directors’,
officers’,
employees’, contractors’ and/or agent’s service, equipment or
facilities.
- Nothing in these Terms of Use shall pass to us, or shall be construed as acceptance by
us
of, any of
your liability, debt or other obligation (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, known
or
unknown) for
anything done or omitted to be done in connection with the Collateral Parcels and you
shall:
- Indemnify and hold us harmless against any and all obligations, liabilities,
action,
award,
claim or other legal recourse, complaint, cost, debt, demand, expense, fine,
liability, loss,
outgoing, penalty and proceeding arising therefrom; and
- Perform any obligation falling due for performance or which should have been
performed under
these Terms of Service.
Communications & Use of the Website
- Secure access to our Website is provided through logging on to our Website by way of
your
username and
password. These login credentials are unique to you and are our primary method of
securely
identifying
you when delivering our Website Services to you.
- You agree to keep your username and password secure at all times, and to not store them
on a
device or
computer that would permit someone else to impersonate you. You are solely
responsible
for the
safe guarding of these login credentials.
- If you suspect that your access to our Website has been compromised in any way, it is
your
responsibility to contact us immediately.
- You confirm that you will not provide your username and password to any third parties.
You shall
be responsible for any actions performed on your account by the third party.
- You confirm that you will only use our Website for the purposes as outlined in these
Terms
of Use.
- We have the right not to act on your instructions under the following circumstances:-
- In our reasonable option, we deem that your instruction was not sufficiently
clear
to act upon;
- We could not verify your identity to our reasonable satisfaction;
- The instruction was not made by you; and/or
- We believe that the instruction may be related to an illegal activity.
- You acknowledge that the method of giving instructions to us and communicating with us,
via
our customer
support department, is through our Website and/or e-mail. The costs incurred when using
our
Services or
accessing our Website are for your own account.
- In the event of a failure of the Internet or Website for whatever reason which prevents
access from the
region or country in which you are resident, we will undertake on a best efforts basis
to
operate by
alternative methods including telephone, facsimile or post. You agree to provide
verification of
your identity as requested by us before we can act on any instructions that you give to
us
using such
alternative methods of communication.
- You agree that we are entitled to assume, in respect of any instruction received from a
person using
your username and password, that the person is you.
- You agree that we are entitled to communicate with you by e-mail and/or secure
notification
through our
Website. We send a notification based on your communication preference for various
requests.
- You shall be deemed to have knowledge of the content of such notifications, and shall
not
hold us liable
for any losses and/or damages that you may have suffered. If in doubt we reserve
the
right to hold
off fulfilling a request until we can verify you initiated it.
- You shall inform us if a notification suggests unauthorised access to your records. In
the
event of any
unauthorised access to your records, we are entitled to investigate and seek the
assistance
of the
authorities in detecting crime and arresting offenders.
- Our communication method is through encrypted secured notifications and/or e-mail.
- You acknowledge that secured notifications require you to log in to read your messages.
You
also agree
that we shall not be liable for any e-mail that is sent using the non-preferred option.
You
are
responsible for notifying us of any and all such e-mails sent using via the
non-preferred
option, and we
will use commercially reasonable measures to ensure that such e-mail is retrieved by us,
and
re-sent to
you in accordance with your preferred option.
- All notices and other communications to you shall be directed to the address or e-mail
address that you
provided to us at the time of your registration or as part of an order. We cannot be
liable
for any
errors or changes in any addresses and/or e-mail address. You shall be responsible to
inform
us your new
email accordingly by amending the email address in your profile.
Amendments, Privacy and Breach
- We reserve the right to correct any discrepancies or mistakes that we discover, and
notify
you of such
correction.
- Our practices shall remain compliant with the Malaysia legislations and regulations on
data
protection
and privacy in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2010
(“PDPA”). You consent to the collection of personal
data
by us for
the purposes of facilitating the provision of services under these terms of Service.
We shall be
entitled to use, disclose, transfer, or process such personal data, from time to time
for in
accordance
with the PDPA. Kindly refer to our Privacy Notice for further details.
- We recognise your right to confidentiality after your identity has been validated and,
as
physical
Precious Metals is not classified as a financial product, customer transactions do not
fall
under any
financial reporting rules. However if we become suspicious of any attempt at money
laundering, or
if contacted by a authority with competence in the Malaysian jurisdiction in the
exercise of
lawful
regulatory or enforcement authority in a matter of anti-money laundering
(“AML”), or combating the funding of terrorism
(“CFT”), you acknowledge and agree that we must assist the
competent
regulatory or law enforcement authority.
- We shall only disclose your identity and details to third parties which shall include
the
government
agencies and authorities in accordance with our Privacy Notice.
- You may not assign or transfer these Terms of Use or any of your rights or obligations
under
these Terms
of Use without the prior written consent of us. You agree that we shall be
entitled to
assign or
transfer all or any of its rights under these Terms of Use and to perform any of our
obligations in
respect of these Terms of Use through, any of our subsidiaries, related corporations and
affiliated
companies without prior notice to you.
- If any term of these Terms of Use is held to be unenforceable for any reason, it shall
not
affect the
other terms of these Terms of Use and the term that would otherwise be unenforceable
shall
be enforced
to the fullest extent that it would be enforceable.
- No failure or omission by us to carry out any obligation under these Terms of Use shall
be
deemed a
breach of these Terms of Use if such failure or omission arises out of any event,
including
any Force
Majeure event.
Representations and Warranties
- You make the following representations and warranties to us at the time of entering into
these Terms of
Use and every time you use our Website or Services offered by us:-
- You are over the age of 18 years;
- You have the capacity to enter into this legal agreement and are of sound mind;
- You confirm that you are not insolvent and/or bankrupt;
- You confirm that all personal information that you provide about yourself is
accurate and true
to the best of your knowledge;
- The Bank Account stated in your profile is in your name and/or you are the
authorised personnel
for the Bank Account;
- You have carefully considered the risks involved with using our Website and also
the
risks
associated with the transaction and volatility of the Precious Metals;
- You are not acting in breach of any laws or regulations that are applicable to
you
nor any
company, trust or partnership upon whose instructions you are acting;
- If you are not a resident of Malaysia, you shall be solely responsible for
ensuring
that usage
of our Website and Services does not violate any laws or regulations applicable
in
your country
of residence;
- You have taken all necessary action and obtained all required or desirable
authorizations to
enable you to execute, deliver and perform your obligations under the
transactions
contemplated
by yourself and to make these admissible in evidence in the event of any legal
proceedings. All
such authorizations are in full force and effect;
- Your obligations and undertakings under these Terms of Use are legal, valid,
binding
and
enforceable;
- No event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the expiry
of a
grace
period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination or any combination
thereof, would
constitute) a default or termination event under any other agreement or
instrument
which is
binding on you or to which any of your assets is subject which has or is
reasonably
likely to
have a material adverse effect on your business, assets or condition or ability
to
perform your
obligations;
- No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings are taking place,
pending
or, to your
knowledge, threatened against you, any of your directors (where applicable) or
any
your assets,
which, if adversely determined, might reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect
on your business, assets or condition, or your ability to perform your
obligations;
- None of your assets placed with us represent proceeds of any criminal activity,
or
tax crimes;
and
- All Collateral Parcels being held as security hereunder are solely owned by you,
free and clear
of any and all encumbrances, security interests, liens and rights and claims of
third parties,
including, without limitation, tax liens or claims and litigation affecting the
Collateral
Parcels, except the rights of us under the Loan Documents.
- Where you are not a natural person (a corporation or organisation), you additionally
warrant
that:
- You are duly incorporated and validly exist under the laws of its jurisdiction
of
incorporation;
- You have the power to own your assets and entering the Terms of Use with us
without
any
reservation;
- You have the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform your
obligations
under the Loan
Documents and the transactions contemplated by them. No limit on your powers
will be
exceeded as
a result of the borrowing or the grant of the Security contemplated by the Loan
Documents; and
- Your execution, delivery and performance of the obligations in, and transactions
contemplated by
the Terms of Use, do not and will not contravene or conflict with:-
- Any constitutional document and/or Memorandum and Articles of
Association;
- Any agreement or instrument binding on it or its assets or constitute a
default or
termination event (however described) under any such agreement or
instrument; or
- Any law or regulation or judicial or official order, applicable to it.
- Each of the representations and warranties in this Clause 9 is deemed to be
repeated by
you
on the date:
- of effecting one of the Services provided by us and/or enter into a
transaction
with
us; or
- that payments are made or received.
Force Majeure
- We shall not be liable for any failure to fulfil any terms of the Terms of
Use and shall
be
entitled
without liability on our part and without prejudice to our other rights, to
terminate
this
Agreement or
at its option to suspend or make partial deliveries or extend the time or
time for
delivery,
if our
performance under the Terms of Use is delayed, hindered or prevented by
force majeure
including but not
limited to government action or inaction, acts of God, floods, earth
movements,
landslips,
pandemic,
decease and virus, subsidence, fire, explosion or any other circumstances of
whatsoever
nature beyond
the reasonable control of us.
Further Assurance, Offset & Jurisdiction
- You shall, at your own expense, promptly execute and deliver all such
documents,
information
and do all
such things, as we may reasonably require for the purpose of giving full
effect to the
provisions of
these Terms of Service.
- You shall execute and do all such further acts, deeds, things as may be
reasonably
required
so that full
effect may be given to the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use.
- We have the right to immediately and without notice set off any liability or
debt that
is
owed by you to
us.
- Time whenever and wherever mentioned shall be of the essence of this Terms
of Use.
- These Terms of Service will be subject to the laws of Malaysia and any
disputes and
disagreements will
be submitted to and decided upon by the courts of Malaysia.
Key Terms
The key terms that we use in these Terms of Service are in bold, including the following:
- AMLA refers to Anti Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism
Financing and
Proceeds
of Unlawful
Activities Act 2001 including any related ancillary or subsidiary
legislation made
thereunder.
- Precious Metals means any gold, silver, platinum,
palladium,
cooper
and any metals
stated in the Purchase Order of the Sell Order which may take the form of
bullions,
nuggets,
grains,
consolidated gold matter in solid form thereof or any other form.
- Business Day means a day when the commercial banks are
open for
business, other
than a Saturday or Sunday or a public holiday in Selangor. References in
this Agreement
to,
24 hours,
means the stated number of actually elapsed hours after the relevant notice
or request,
excluding the
time occurring during a day that is not a Business Day.
- Services means the roles that we perform in buying and
selling
Precious Metals and
providing supporting activities i.e. refinery, recycling works and Fire
Assay Analysis.
- Terms refers to the terms and conditions that are set
out in this
Terms of Use
together with any other terms referred to herein.
- Transactions means any transactions (other than any such
transaction
which
we shall
have notified you is not to be subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement)
entered into
between the Parties pursuant to which the Parties are obligated to purchase
or sell
Precious
Metals.
- RM means Ringgit Malaysia.
- USD means United States Dollars.
- Website means our Website: refine-au.com.