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If one of the parties refuses or otherwise fails to appoint an arbitrator within 30 days of the date the
other party appoints its, the first appointed arbitrator shall be the sole arbitrator, provided that the
arbitrator was validly and properly appointed.
All proceedings shall be conducted, including all documents presented in such proceedings, in the
English language. The English language version of this Statement of Limited Warranty prevails over
any other language version.
HONG KONG S.A.R. OF CHINA AND MACAU S.A.R. OF CHINA
Governing Law: The following replaces “laws of the country in which you acquired the Machine” in
the first sentence:
laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
INDIA
Limitation of Liability: The following replaces items 1 and 2 of this section:
1. liability for bodily injury (including death) or damage to real property and tangible personal
property will be limited to that caused by IBM's negligence; and
2. as to any other actual damage arising in any situation involving nonperformance by IBM pursuant
to, or in any way related to the subject of this Statement of Limited Warranty, the charge paid by
you for the individual Machine that is the subject of the claim. For purposes of this item, the term
“Machine” includes Machine Code and Licensed Internal Code (“LIC”).
Arbitration: The following is added under this heading:
Disputes arising out of or in connection with this Statement of Limited Warranty shall be finally settled
by arbitration which shall be held in Bangalore, India in accordance with the laws of India then in
effect. The arbitration award shall be final and binding for the parties without appeal and shall be in
writing and set forth the findings of fact and the conclusions of law.
The number of arbitrators shall be three, with each side to the dispute being entitled to appoint one
arbitrator. The two arbitrators appointed by the parties shall appoint a third arbitrator who shall act as
chairman of the proceedings. Vacancies in the post of chairman shall be filled by the president of the
Bar Council of India. Other vacancies shall be filled by the respective nominating party. Proceedings
shall continue from the stage they were at when the vacancy occurred.
If one of the parties refuses or otherwise fails to appoint an arbitrator within 30 days of the date the
other party appoints its, the first appointed arbitrator shall be the sole arbitrator, provided that the
arbitrator was validly and properly appointed.
All proceedings shall be conducted, including all documents presented in such proceedings, in the
English language. The English language version of this Statement of Limited Warranty prevails over
any other language version.
JAPAN
Governing Law: The following sentence is added to this section:
Any doubts concerning this Statement of Limited Warranty will be initially resolved between us in
good faith and in accordance with the principle of mutual trust.
MALAYSIA
Limitation of Liability: The word “SPECIAL” in item 3 of the fifth paragraph is deleted.
NEW ZEALAND
What this Warranty Covers: The following paragraph is added to this section:
The warranties specified in this section are in addition to any rights you may have under the Consumer
Guarantees Act 1993 or other legislation which cannot be excluded or limited. The Consumer