1. SCOPE AND APPLICATION

1.1 UCC management is solely responsible for the operation of Ultimate Cricket Championship (“UCC”), and this Prevention of Malpractices Code for Players & Team Officials (the “Prevention of Malpractices Code”) is adopted and implemented as a part of UCC.

1.2 The Managing Committee of the UCC has issued and adopted this Prevention of Malpractices code to bring in transparency and eliminate the possibility of Malpractices in the cricket initiative of the Company. The Company aims to provide an effective means to ensure that all participants in the UCC (Players as well as Team Officials) conduct themselves appropriately and refrain from any conduct that may violate this Prevention of Malpractices Code.

1.3 The Managing Committee of the UCC has constituted a Disciplinary committee to administer and adjudicate upon all cases, violations, and disputes under the Prevention of Malpractices Code and pronounce decisions thereon.

2. CONDUCT OF PARTICIPANTS

2.1 All participants of the UCC are automatically bound by and required to comply with all the provisions of this Prevention of Malpractices Code.

2.2 All participants of the UCC are deemed to have implicitly and explicitly consented to the collection, processing, disclosure, and use of information relating to the participant and the participant’s activities, including personal information relating to the participant and his/her activities.

2.3 It is the participant’s personal responsibility to familiarize themselves with all the provisions/requirements of this Prevention of Malpractices Code and to comply with and abide by these requirements and to submit to the authority of the Managing Committee/Disciplinary Committee of the UCC.

2.4 Participants will not bring any proceedings in any court or other forum that are inconsistent with the foregoing submissions to the jurisdiction of the Managing Committee/Disciplinary Committee.

2.5 Each participant shall continue to be bound by and required to comply with this Prevention of Malpractices Code during the entire duration of the UCC.

2.6 The decision of the Managing Committee/Disciplinary Committee shall be final and binding on the participants.

2.7 No participant shall, during any match, whether on or off the field of play, engage in conduct unbecoming to the game of cricket.

2.8 The conduct prohibited under the Prevention of Malpractices Code may also constitute a breach of other applicable laws or regulations in force in India. The Prevention of Malpractices Code is intended to supplement such laws and regulations with further rules of professional conduct for those involved in the sport of cricket. It is not intended, and may not be interpreted, construed, or applied, to prejudice or undermine in any way the application of such laws and regulations. All participants must comply with all applicable laws and regulations in India at all times.

3. SANCTIONS

3.1 Where the Management Committee or Disciplinary Committee determines that an offence under the Prevention of Malpractices Code has been committed, the committee will be required to impose an appropriate sanction on the participants.

3.2 The Management Committee or Disciplinary Committee shall consider the term for which the Player/Team Officials shall be suspended based on the nature of the offence. The Committee shall also have the right to terminate the existing right of the participant to participate in UCC, depending on the seriousness of the offence committed.

3.3 The decision of The Disciplinary Committee/Management Committee shall be final and binding on all the stakeholders.

4. AMENDMENT AND INTERPRETATION

4.1 The Prevention of Malpractices Code may be amended from time to time by the company with such amendments coming into effect on the date specified by the company.

4.2 The headings used for the various articles of the Prevention of Malpractices Code are for the purpose of guidance only and shall not be deemed to be part of the substance of the Prevention of Malpractices Code or to inform or affect in any way the language or the provisions to which they refer.

4.3 If any Article or provision or the Prevention of Malpractices Code is held invalid, unenforceable, or illegal for any reason, the Prevention of Malpractices Code shall remain otherwise in full force apart from such articles or provision which shall be deemed deleted insofar as it is invalid, unenforceable, or illegal.