共同和个别责任/继承人 Joint and Several Liability/Successors. 15.1 当客户由两名及以上的人士组成时： Where the Customer comprises two or more individuals:
(i) 每一人士均对本协议项下及根据本协议开立的账户负有共同和个别责任； each such individual shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations under this Agreement and the Accounts established pursuant hereto;
(ii) 除非在开户表格另有指示，本公司可以接受上述任何一位人士发出的指示，向发出指示的 个人发出收据，并为所有目的与其交往，而无须通知其他人士。对于任何该等人士所发出的指示，或有关在各名人士之间处置付款或作出证券交付的指示，本公司没有责任决定其目的、适当性与否。本公司保留权利， 可在本公司认为适当时，要求该等人士以书面发出指示； Unless otherwise directed in the Account Opening Information Form, the Company may accept Instructions from, give receipts to and for all purposes deal with any one of such individuals without notice to the other individual and the Company is not responsible for determining the purposes or propriety or otherwise of an Instruction the Company receives from any such individual or for the disposition of payments or deliveries of Securities among such individual. The Company reserves the right to require written Instructions from all such individuals as it deems fit to do so;
(iii) 本公司向任何一位该等人士作出的任何付款和证券交付，均为本公司对该名人士所负责任的有效及全面履行，不论该交付是在客户中任何一位或多位人士去世之前或之后进行；