32. Communications

(a) any written communication from the Bank to the Customer, including but not limited to, any notice given pursuant to these General Terms and Conditions shall be deemed to have been received by the Customer:

(i) if delivered personally, at the date and time of delivery;

(ii) if sent by post, on the fourth day from the date of posting;

(iii) if sent by airmail, on the seventh day days from the date of posting;

(iv) if sent by telex, when the proper answerback is received;

(v) if sent by SWIFT, when the acknowledged SWIFT message is received;

(vi) if sent by SMS/Email/ facsimile, on completion of the transmission and in the case of posting it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the communication was properly stamped and addressed notwithstanding that it be undelivered or returned undelivered; and

(vii) the Customer shall have no claim against the Bank for damages resulting from loss, delay, misunderstanding, mutilation, duplication, or any other irregularity due to the transmission of any communication whether to or from the Customer, the Bank or any third party, by delivery, post, fax, telegraph, telephone, telex or any other form of cable communication.

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