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Before completely elaborating its rebuttal against the arguments asserted by the Respondents
in their Defence, the Claimant seeks the attention of the Arbitration Tribunal to the admission
of the Respondents relating to the obligation of the Respondents to refund the Outstanding
deposit in full plus 8% (eight percent) interest per annum, as contained in points 18 and 19 of
their Defence, as further quoted below. At point 18 of their Defence, the Respondents stated
2. FORCE MAJEURE
Except for the payment made as provided for in Schedule “G” neither party shall be liable for
loss or damage arising out of any delay or failure of performance to the extent it is caused by
circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to: earhtquake, flood, hurricane,
acts of God or public enemies, war, national emergency, invasion, insurrection, riots, strikes,
picketing, boycott, lckouts, interruption of services rendered by any governmental agency
asserting jurisdiction or control, compliance with which makes continuanc of operations
impossible. Nor shall any delay or failure of performance due to any of said caused be
deemed a breach of, or a default in, the performance of this Contract. Inabilty of either party
to secure funds shall not be regarded as an event of Force Majeure. The party prevented from
performance as a result of any such cause shall promptly notify the other and shall do all
things reasonably possible to remove or mitigate such cause and shall resume performace as
soon as possible
5. INDEMNITIES
For the purpose of the indemnity provisions set forth in this Contract, where an indemnity is
given in favour of CONTRACTOR such a reference shall be interpreted to mean,
individually and collectively, CONTRACTOR, its personnel, agents, subcontractors, owners
and Affiliates.
6. LANGUAGE
This Contract has been prepared in both Indonesian and English languages and both texts are
valid. In the case of any difference in the interpretation of the two texts, the Indonesian text
shall prevail and shall be considered the official text.