GENTECH warrants to the original purchaser for a period of 24 months from the date of purchase that the article identified by the serial label/plate is free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service, subject to the provisions of clauses 1 to 13 herein below: 1 .l At any time within the warranty period GENTECH will cause to be replaced or repaired any part found by GENTECH to be defective. 1.2 GENTECH shall have an unfettered discretion to have a part/parts repaired as opposed to having same replaced. 2. In the event of a defect to an article requiring to be remedied in terms of this warranty, provided the article is in a locality no further than 50 kilometres from a GENTECH branch or the nearest GENTECH designated repairer, no charge in respect of travelling expenses will be levied. Outside the 50 kilometre radius the purchaser will be liable to GENTECH or the repairer for travelling time and travelling expenses in accordance with the prevailing rate of charges from time to time of GENTECH or its designated repairer (whichever may be applicable), such charges to be levied only as regards the excess kilometres travelled beyond the 50 kilometre radius, the said charges to apply mutatis mutandis to the service engineer�s return journey. 3. Anything to the contrary herein contained notwithstanding, the defect must be due entirely to faulty materials or faulty manufacture. 4. The warranty excludes defects caused to the article arising from a failure to adhere to instructions given in this booklet, incorrect voltages or faults in the electrical power system, damage caused by lightning strikes, misuse or abuse of the article, use of the article for purposes other than that for which it was designed, fire, flood, war, civil disturbance, industrial action, act of God, or any other cause beyond the reasonable controls of GENTECH. 5.1 GENTECH shall not, under any circumstances whatsoever, be liable for any damages sus tained due to failure of operation or malfunctioning of the article, nor for consequential dam ages of whatsoever nature, howsoever arising. 5.2 Without derogating from the generality of the aforegoing, GENTECH shall not be liable for any damages arising from the malfunctioning and/or damage of/to the article arising from foreign objects finding their way into the working parts of the article, e.g. a coin blocking a washing machine pump. 6. The warranty does not apply to fuses, styli, external plugs, cables, globes, plastic, rubber, and glass parts, nor will it apply in the event of an article designed for normal domestic use being used for commercial, industrial, or any other purpose for which it was not designed. 7. This warranty shall furthermore not be applicable should the article be dismantled/serviced/ repaired/modified in any way by anyone other than GENTECH or its designated repairer or any party authorized by GENTECH thereto, nor in the event of the defacement or renewal of the serial label/plate. 8. The warranty shall apply to the article only while same is still owned and possessed by the original purchaser and provided that it was purchased and retained for use in the Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Transkei, Ciskei, Venda, Bophuthatswana, Lebowa. 9. Any defective part which has been replaced shall become the property of the repairer. 10. In the case of a cash sale (as opposed to a credit agreement subject to provisions of the Credit Agreements Act, 1980, or any amending or substituted legislation) this warranty replaces any liability of GENTECH at common law in respect of latent defects. 11. Repairs effected or pans replaced in terms of this warranty will be subject to warranty only for the duration of the balance of the original warranty period relating to the article. 12. The purchaser hereby acknowledges that no representations or warranties other than those set out herein have induced the purchaser to purchase this article, or form part of the contract of purchase and sale of this article. 13. Evidence as to the date of purchase must be produced by the purchaser at the material time to obtain the benefit of this warranty.
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