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Section 31: Assets of insurer how to be kept.

The Insurance Act, 1938Central Act · Act 4 of 1938

[(1) None of the assets in India of any insurer shall, except in so far as assets are required to be vested in trustees under sub-section (7) of section 27, be kept otherwise than in the name of a public officer approved by the Authority, or in the corporate name of the undertaking, if a company or an insurance co-operative society, as the case may be.]

[(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the endorsement in favour of a banking company of any security or other document solely for the purpose of collection or for realisation of interest, bonus or dividend.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Insurance Act, 1938
Section31
Marginal noteAssets of insurer how to be kept.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. Subs. by s. 30, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
  • substituted, Act 47 of 1950. Subs. by Act 47 of 1950, s. 22, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 1-6-1950). Earlier ins. by Act 6 of 1946, s. 18 (w.e.f. 20-3-1946).

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