- 6.1 Unless otherwise designated in the User Manual or the sender of a Message has expressly requested the recipient to acknowledge receipt of the Message, the receipt of the Message need not be acknowledged by the recipient.
6.2 Where an acknowledgement of receipt of a Message is designated in the User Manual or the sender of a Message has expressly requested the recipient to acknowledge receipt of a Message, the following provisions shall apply: -
- any acknowledgement of receipt of such a Message shall be given in such form, by such method and within such time limit as may be specified in User Manual or as may be expressly agreed between the parties;
- where the User Manual does not specify the form, method and/or time limit for the acknowledgement of receipt of a Message, or the sender has agreed with the recipient that the acknowledgement is to be given in a particular method and/or by a certain time limit, the acknowledgement may be given as soon as practicable after receipt of the Message by the recipient by: -
- any communication by the recipient, automated or otherwise; or
- any conduct of the recipient;
sufficient in the circumstances then existing to indicate to the sender that the Message has been received.
- if the sender has not received an acknowledgement within the time period as mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this Rule 6, he should take an immediate action to obtain it If, despite such an action, an acknowledgement is not received within the extended period as stipulated by the sender, the sender should advise the recipient of the non-receipt in accordance with the procedures laid down User Manual. If he does so, he is entitled to regard the Message as null void upon giving notice to that effect to the recipient without any further delay.
- the recipient shall not act on such Message until the acknowledgement is sent in accordance with the foregoing provisions; and
- the cost incurred by the recipient in sending such an acknowledgement shall be borne by the sender.
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