Investor right and obligation

You should familiarize yourself with the protection accorded to the money or other property you may deposit with your member, particularly in the event of a default in the commodity derivatives market or the member becomes insolvent or bankrupt.
Please ensure that you have a documentary proof of having made the deposit of such money or property with the member, stating towards which account such money or property deposited.
Before you begin to trade, you should obtain a clear idea from your member of all brokerage, commissions, fees and other charges which will be levied on you for trading. These charges will affect your net cash inflow or outflow.
Furnish all such details in full as are required by the member as required in "Know Your Clients" form, which may also include details of PAN or Passport or Driving License or Voters Id, or Ration Card, bank account and depository account, or any such details made mandatory by the Exchange at any time, as is available with the investor.
Execute a Member-Client agreement in the form prescribed by the Exchange.
Ensure that a contract note is issued to you by the member in the prescribed format which contains the details of transaction(s). Verify that the contract note contains details of order number, trade number, trade time, trade price, trade quantity, and client code allotted to you and showing the brokerage separately. Contract notes are required to be issued by the member to the investors within 24 hours from the close of trading hours when the trade is executed. Member may also issue digitally signed contract note in electronic form at your request subject to the compliance of all the provision of IT Act, 2000 or in hard copy.
Facility of trade verification is available on the MCX website (www.mcxindia.com) where details of trade as mentioned in the contract note may be verified up to seven days from the date of execution of the trade.
Ensure that payment! Delivery of warehouse receipts is given well in advance to the member prior to the date of pay-in announced by the Exchange or its Clearing Corporation/Clearing House. Payment should be made only by account payee cheque in favor of the member and receipt or acknowledgement towards what such payment is made and receipt! Acknowledgement for warehouse receipts delivered to the member, be obtained from the member. Delivery of warehouse receipts in demat, is made to the pool account of the member rather than to the beneficiary account of the member. In case pay-out of money is not received within 48 hours after pay-out announced by Exchange or its Clearing House/ Clearing Corporation, please follow-up with the concerned member for its release. In case, pay-out is not released as above from the member within five working days, ensure that you lodge a complaint immediately with the Investor Grievances Division of the MCX.
Every member is required to send a complete periodical 'Statement of Accounts', for both funds and commodities settlement to each of his/her/its clients, at such period as may be prescribed from time to time. You should report errors, if any, in the Statement immediately but not later than 30 calendar days of receipt thereof, to the member. In case, the error is not rectified or there is a dispute, ensure that you refer such mater to the Investor Grievances Division of the MCX without delay.
In case of a complaint against Member, you should address the complaint to the office as may be specified by the MCX from time to time.
In case, where a member surrenders his/her/its membership, Member gives a public notice inviting claims, if any, from investors. In case of a claim relating to "transactions executed on the trading system of the MCX, ensure that you lodge a claim with MCX or its Clearing Corporation/ Clearing House within the stipulated period and with the supporting documents.
In case, where a member is declared a defaulter or expelled from membership, MCX gives a public notice inviting claims, if any, from investors. In case of a claim, relating to transactions executed on the trading system of the MCX, ensure that you lodge a claim with MCX within the stipulated period and with the supporting documents.
Claim against a Defaulter/ Expelled Member found to be valid as per the prescribed relevant Rules/Bye-laws of the Exchange and Guidelines of the Investors' Protection Fund (IPF), the Relevant Authority of the Exchange/Committee will disburse the amount of compensation from the IPF to the extent of maximum amount fixed by the Exchange or the actual claim amount, whichever lower. The balance claim amount if any shall be paid on pro-rata basis out of the amounts realized by the Exchange from the assets vested with the relevant authority/ Committee of the Exchange, if the amount realized from the assets is inadequate.
In case of any claim, difference or dispute between you and the member arising out of or in relation to trades, contracts and transactions, the same shall be taken-up with the Member directly for conciliation with or without intervention of the Exchange. If the said claim, difference or dispute persists, you may refer the same to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Rules, Bye-laws and Business Rules of the Exchange within 6 months from the date of last transaction or delivery or payment effected between you and the member.