Warranty: Statement of Authorship & Copyright

As the principal author, I warrant to Papers on Indenture that my/our manuscript titled

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submitted to the Journal for consideration:

  • is my/our original work, without fabrication, fraud or plagiarism, and
  • has not been published before, or
  • is not under consideration by any other publisher or publication outlet.

As the principal author, I further warrant that:

  • I have obtained all necessary permission(s) for the paper/production as part of the contribution of copyright works, including artistic works, e.g. photographs, diagrams, maps, etc. not owned by me/us, and that I/we have paid any relevant fees for these permissions,
  • the manuscript contains nothing obscene, blasphemous or defamatory,
  • the contribution is in no way unlawful,
  • any formula, instruction, or recipe contained in it will not, if followed accurately, cause any illness or damage to the user,
  • I take responsibility for the contents of the manuscript;
  • No financial support or benefit has been received personally by me or any member of my immediate family from any person/organization which has a commercial interest in the publication of this manuscript; and
  • If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the copyright on the article shall be vested in the publisher, with the author maintaining in perpetuity the rights over the article for fair academic work.

I agree to indemnify the Publisher against any claims in respect of the above warranties.

I further warrant that any withdrawal of the manuscript submitted, within 3 months of the submission date would incur a penalty of USD500 to defray the costs of processing the manuscript.

SIGNED           ……………………………………………………………………

Name(s )           …………………………………………………………………… (Author/authors)

Date                 …………………………………………………………………….

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Or post to: The Editor, P. O. Box 7580, Lautoka, FIJI