ATTORNEY/ MANDATE HOLDER
If the Customer wishes to appoint an attorney to operate the Account or avail of the Services on his behalf, he shall forward the certified true copy of the duly notarized Power of Attorney/ letter of mandate to the Bank (in the format approved by the Bank) along with the original for the purposes of verification. The Bank may at its absolute discretion accept such Power of Attorney / letter of mandate and allow such Power of Attorney/ mandate holder to operate the Account or avail of the Services on behalf of the Customer in the manner acceptable to the Bank. In the event of revocation of the Power of Attorney the Customer shall immediately inform the Bank in writing of such revocation and submit the documents in support of revocation.

ADDRESS
Bank shall send all communications, correspondences, Account Statements, cheque books, drafts, etc. to the Customer at the Mailing Address, except in exceptional circumstances, at the discretion of the Bank.

The Customer must promptly notify the Bank any change of his Mailing Address/Registered Address in writing. However, if any Registered Address is to be changed as the Mailing Address or vice- versa the communication could be sent by any other mode acceptable to the Bank. Change of any of the addresses will be applicable to all the Accounts of the Customer wherein he is the sole or the primary holder, unless otherwise indicated. In case of Joint Account with joint Operating Mandate no change in Mailing/Registered Address shall be effected unless communicated by all the holders.

If the Customer does not receive any mail posted/couriered by the Bank at such address due to any reason whatsoever the Bank shall not be responsible. The reasons may include (but not limited to) fault of the postal/courier agency, mail being delivered at the given address but being not received by the Customer and/or mail not being delivered at the given address due to the Customer not being available thereat.. In case of non- delivery or non-receipt of the mail, Bank will not be responsible or liable to re-deliver the same.

COMMUNICATION BY CUSTOMER
The Customer should communicate with the Bank only via the mode that is specified and no other. Bank is not bound by communication received via any other mode. Specifically, if certain kinds of transaction requests are not allowed through phone or email, the same should not be used. The Customer should not use Secure Mail for time critical instructions e.g. stop cheque or hot listing of the Card. All communication whether in writing or otherwise shall be valid only if the same is sent in the format (if any) prescribed by the Bank.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BANK
All instructions to the Bank shall be complied within such time as may be advised by the Bank at the time of receipt of the instruction and as is permissible by applicable laws. Instructions received by the Customer may be reversed anytime before the Bank acts on the same. The Bank shall not be liable for any loss/liability incurred by the Customer if he fails to give such reversal instructions before the Bank acts on it. Any transaction directly effected by the Customer on Net Banking cannot be reversed.

Bank may refuse to honour a request to withdraw funds in cash from a Customer's Account or carry out any other request if it believes that (i) it is required by law to do so, (ii) the amount is unreasonably large, (iii) raises reasonable suspicion in the mind of the Bank, (iv) honouring the request could cause the Bank undue hardship, or (v) security risk and the Bank may communicate the reasons of such refusal to the Customer.

HOLIDAY PROCESSING
Any transactions on a Bank Holiday or after Business Hours shall be shown in the Account, at the sole discretion of the Bank, as having taken place on the succeeding Working Day and not the actual day of the transaction and all deductions/accretions on such amount shall be deducted/accrued as of such Working Day. Bank shall not be responsible for any loss of interest or liability incurred/suffered by the Customer including but not limited to return of cheques, loss of interest arising due to such transaction being not shown on the day the same actually occurred. Exchange rate for any transaction including but not limited to FCNR placement shall be applied on the basis of Bank determined/applied rates subject to next Working Day requirements or as otherwise may be made applicable by RBI.

ADDITION OR DELETION OF THE NAME
In respect of any Account, if the name of the holder is to be added or deleted, the current Customer and the proposed Customer shall make the application in writing to the Bank in the manner required by the Bank and shall provide such information and documents as may be required by the Bank.

DEATH OR INCOMPETENCE
Nomination facility is available in accordance with applicable laws including the Banking Companies (Nomination) Rules, 1985. Customer is advised to designate a nominee while opening the Account.

In case of Joint Accounts or in case of non-individual Account, the Customer agrees and undertakes to notify the Bank promptly if any Joint Account holder or Authorised Signatory of the Account, as the case may be, dies or is declared incompetent by a Court or any other competent authority. Bank may place a hold on the Account and stop all operations when any Account holder dies or is declared incompetent or a restriction is placed on its operations, although the Bank can continue to levy Charges on such Accounts and claim such amounts as are due to it under any bankers lien or otherwise.

In case a nomination facility has been availed by the Customer, Bank will be discharged of its liability by making the payment to the nominee upon the terms and conditions as may be specified by the Bank at the relevant time, unless specifically prohibited by an order of the Court. In the absence of any nominee, the Bank may retain any and all funds in the Account until it establishes the identity and credentials of the successor to the Account holder to its satisfaction, which may include insisting on a succession certificate/probate of a will or any other evidence as may be required by the law for the time being in force.

Account shall be closed and the balance thereof shall be given to the surviving Account holder. On the death of the Account holder other than the first mentioned Account Holder, the Account shall continue to operate in the name of the surviving Account holder.

CHEQUE BOOKS AND CHEQUES
Cheque books may be issued by the Bank to persons having Savings, Current or Overdraft Accounts at such Charges as may be indicated by the Bank. The cheque book shall be sent to the Customer at his Mailing Address. The Bank may at its discretion offer “at par” cheque books to certain Customers as per the law.

Bank shall deny issuing a fresh Cheque Book to any person having a Current, Savings or Overdraft Account if such person's cheques valuing Rupees One Crore and above was dishonoured for four or more occassions during a financial year for want of sufficient funds in the account of such person. Also, the bank may at its discretion consider closing the current account

The Customers must draw cheques in such a way as to prevent alteration after issue and the Customer’s signature should confirm with the signature in the Bank’s record. Any alteration on the cheques must be authenticated by the Customer’s signature against each such alteration. The Bank reserves the right to refuse payment of cheques that have been altered in any way unless the alteration is authenticated by the Customer under full signature as per specimen on record with the Bank.

CHEQUE/ DRAFT/ PAY ORDER DEPOSIT
Bank may accept a cheque/ draft/ payorder (hereinafter referred to as an “Instrument” for the purpose of this section) for deposit to the Customer's Account from anyone. Bank is not required to or obliged to question the authority of the person making the deposit, unless otherwise mandated by applicable law.

Customer is advised to check with the Bank for the prevailing clearing timings in respect of the Instrument. Local Instrument will be presented to the drawee bank on the next working day. Non-local Cheques (drawn in India or outside) will be sent to the Correspondent Banks/own branches on collection basis or directly to the drawee bank and the proceeds of such Instrument will be credited to the Account upon realization of funds. Bank will try on a best effort basis to meet the next applicable clearing time and shall not be liable for any losses/liabilities incurred as a result of a delay. Credit of foreign currency Instrument to the Account shall be subject to all the applicable laws including FEMA, and such exchange control and other regulations as RBI or any regulatory authority may direct from time to time.

The Bank shall take all due care to ensure that the Instrument reaches the Correspondent Bank/own branch, however the Bank shall not be responsible in case the Instrument sent to the Correspondent Banks/own branches on collection basis are either lost in transit or the funds are not received by the Bank. In such a scenario, Bank is not under any obligation to follow up with the Correspondent Bank/drawee bank and the Customer needs to contact the issuer of the Instrument for further action.

In case the Instrument have been returned by the Correspondent Bank /drawee bank/own branch after the funds for the same has been credited to the Account, Bank will debit the Account for the Instrument amount and charges, if any, without prior notice.

Bank shall not be responsible or liable for any contractual obligations, which were honoured by the Customer based on earlier crediting the proceeds into the Account. Customer may deposit a high value Instrument drawn on a branch participating in high value clearing for same day clearance. While depositing a Instrument meant to be sent for high value clearing, the Customer should state the same on the deposit slip to assist the Bank in identifying the accompanying Instrument as meant for high value clearing. The Bank shall take all reasonable steps to follow such instructions. The Bank shall not be liable for any loss suffered by the Customer, if the Bank, due to reasons beyond its control, is unable to comply with the instructions. Customer should inquire at the Bank for prevailing guidelines for this Service.

Bank will not be liable or responsible for any loss, including but not limited to, consequential loss due to: (i) crediting the amount of the Instrument in an Account other than the Account of the depositor due to lack of clarity/overwriting of the Account number written on the deposit slip; or (ii) due to delay in forwarding the Instrument for clearing due to any reasons whatsoever. In case of any dispute on whether an Instrument was attached to the deposit slip or not, the decision of the Bank shall be final and binding.

Bank is entitled to refuse acceptance of a Instrument drawn on a non-local clearing, in case the proceeds of the Instrument is less than the collection Charges to be levied and/or with respect to such location where the Bank has no arrangement with any bank thereat.

Cheques drawn by customer and payable at any branch of the Bank,as per the arrangement between the Bank and the Customer, the presentment of such cheque at any branch of the bank at the time and date of such presentment shall be deemed to be effective presentment of the cheque at the drawee branch at such time and date.

CHEQUE RETURNS
Bank will not be liable for returning any cheque, if the Account has insufficient balance to debit the entire cheque amount as per the balance amount shown in the record of the Bank at the time cheque is presented to the Bank for clearance, even though, on the same date, the Account may have sufficient balance at some other time, due to receipt of clearing, deposit of cash, etc. Bank is not liable or obliged to inform the Customer about cheques, which are returned unpaid due to any reason, whatsoever.

AVERAGE QUARTERLY BALANCE
Customer is required to maintain a minimum of average quarterly balance in his Account as per the limits as may be prescribed by the Bank from time to time. Average quarterly balance is computed by adding the daily ending balance of the Account and dividing the sum with the total number of days the Account is active during the first day of the calendar quarter to the last day of that calendar quarter. Service charges, as may be prescribed or notified by the Bank are computed based on non-maintenance of minimum Average quarterly balance required.

CHARGES AND INTEREST
Customer(s) shall be liable and undertakes to pay all Charges in respect of the Account or for any Services as may be indicated from time to time.

Interest payable on Saving and Term Deposit Accounts shall be at such rate or rates as may be determined by the Bank, from time to time, at its absolute discretion and as per the applicable laws. It may vary (both upward and downward) from time to time..

In case of insufficient balances in the Accounts of the Customer, the Bank shall have a lien to the extent of the Charges over the amounts that may be credited in the Account. The Bank reserves the right to recover (partially or fully) this amount from subsequent credits either into the same Account or from any other Account of the Customer. The Bank will be entitled to recover its Charges from any credit balance lying in any of the Accounts of the Customer, without any prior or post notice to the Customer, and the Bank shall also not be liable for any return of cheques due to such recovery.

Any Charges, government charges, duty or debits or tax payable as a result of the use of the Card shall be the sole responsibility of the Customer and if imposed upon, the Bank shall debit such Charge, government charges, duty or tax to the Account. Customer hereby authorizes the Bank to make deductions from the Account and undertakes to indemnify the Bank against any expenses the Bank incurs in collecting money that the Customer may owe in connection with the Card (including without limitation reasonable attorney's fees to the extent permitted by law).

FUNDS TRANSFER
The Customer shall not attempt to transfer funds without sufficient funds in the concerned Account or without a pre-existing arrangement with the Bank for the grant of an overdraft.

The Bank may, at its discretion, carry out the instructions notwithstanding inadequacy of funds/credit facility without prior approval from or notice to the Customer and the Customer shall repay with interest the resulting overdraft/advance/credit and all related Charges and interest on the excess amount, at such rates as the Bank may levy.

Requests for funds transfer not received directly from the Customer in person must be accompanied by a cheque signed by the Authorised Signatory/Customer.

The Bank shall not be liable for any omission to make all or any of the payments or for late payments due to any reason whatsoever.

STANDING INSTRUCTIONS
The Bank may at its sole discretion provide its Customers the facility to give Standing Instruction via the branch or Electronic Media. For each instruction the Customer has to specify the amount that shall be debited from his Account for transfer to another Account held with the Bank or by way of a draft. The Customer is responsible for making sure that concerned Account has sufficient funds on the date when the standing instruction are to be executed. The Bank may, at its discretion, carry out the Standing Instructions notwithstanding inadequacy of funds/credit facility without prior approval from or notice to the Customer and the Customer shall repay with interest the resulting overdraft/advance/credit and all related Charges and interest on the excess amount, at such rates as the Bank may levy. The Bank shall not be liable for any omission to execute all or any of the instructions or for late instructions due to any reason whatsoever. The Customer agrees to pay the Bank the Charges levied by the Bank.

OVERDRAWN ACCOUNT
If for whatever reasons the Account has a debit balance, Customer shall pay and undertakes to pay interest and other Charges in accordance with the Bank's prevalent rate and practice and shall regularize the Account on the same day, unless the Bank specifically makes an exception. Overdraft facility to NRI/PIO/OCB clients shall be subject to such further regulations as RBI has or may stipulate from time to time.

INSUFFICIENT FUNDS
When the Customer does not have sufficient funds in the Account to cover a cheque drawn by him or for any other debit, Bank may consider the cheque or debit an insufficient funds item regardless of any notification to the contrary that may be issued by the Customer.

ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
Account Statements for each Account shall be issued on a frequency as determined by the Bank at its sole discretion for each Account. The Customer acknowledges that the statements of Accounts sent to him by the Bank may not be signed on behalf of the Bank.

If the Customer notices any error in the Account information supplied to him by the Bank he shall intimate the Bank accordingly within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the statement of Account, failing which it would be deemed to have been accepted by the Customer. If the Customer becomes aware of any transaction on any of his Accounts that has not been validly authorised by him, he shall inform the Bank immediately. Bank will endeavour, but is not obliged, to correct the error promptly and adjust any interest or Charges arising out of such error. Bank reserves the right to rectify discrepancies in the Account Statement, if any, at any point of time. Bank shall not be liable for any consequence arising out of any delay, lapse, omission, or neglect on part of the Customer to notify the Bank about any such doubtful debit/withdrawal and the Customer solely is liable for the any consequences or losses that may occur. If Customer delays in examining the statement or in reporting a problem, it may affect Bank's ability to resolve the problem. The Customer authorizes the Bank to engage and utilize the services of third parties/vendors to prepare and mail the statements and/or other documents/material. Bank is not responsible for statements lost in mail.

The Customer should contact the Bank for duplicate statements, if required. Statements or messages sent from the Bank to an e-mail account or other electronic receiving communication systems/ servers, is at the entire risk of the Customer and if the same is lost, incorrectly received, or sent to the incorrect e-mail or are accessible to third parties, the Bank is not and cannot be responsible or made liable for such transmission. In the event that the statements/ messages as sent to the Customer over any Electronic Media (including but not limited to Net Banking or e-mail) do not tally, for whatever reason, with the records available at the Bank, the latter shall prevail. The Customer agrees to pay any Charges levied by the Bank for issuing duplicate statements.

STOP PAYMENT
It is the Customer’s responsibility to ensure that stop payment instructions are to be advised to the Bank directly through Phone Banking, at the branch counter or through the Stop Payment feature on Services over Electronic Media. For stop payment instruction(s) communicated to the Bank through any other mode, the Bank shall not be responsible or liable for non-processing or delayed processing of such stop payment instruction(s) and consequential losses, if any, and for clearance of the cheque(s) covered by such stop payment instruction(s). Any Account, which has an Operating Mandate for joint operations, the stop payment instructions must be signed in the same manner as applicable to the operations of the Account.

While the Bank may at its sole discretion accept all stop payment instructions through Electronic Media, it may insist for written instructions from Customer. However, in the event, the Bank honours the stop payment instructions without receiving any written instructions, which results in any damage or loss to Customer or the third party, the Bank shall not be liable for the same. Bank shall not be liable or responsible for clearing of Cheques, or any consequences thereof, for which stop payment instructions have been received by the Bank - if such instructions are not through acceptable modes and/or have not been signed as per the Operating Mandate and/or are received on a date which is after two workings days from the date when the Cheque(s) were received in clearing.

Customer agrees that a stop payment instruction once accepted cannot be revoked.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS AND EXCHANGE RATE

All transactions conducted in the Account involving foreign exchange including the applicable exchange rate will be as per the regulatory guidelines issued by the RBI/GOI/FEDAI and the Bank’s decision in this regard will be final and binding.

FOREIGN INWARD REMITTANCE

On any remittance made in any Account from outside India, the Customer should, without any notice from the Bank, state the reason/purpose for the same to the Bank, with such proof or evidence as may be required by the Bank.