CourtMesh

Section 44: Act not to apply in certain cases

The Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956Central Act · Act 31 of 1956

Nothing contained in this Act shall apply in relation to---

(a) any insurer whose business is being voluntarily wound up or is being wound up under the orders of the Court;

* * * *

[Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall apply on and from the date on which the provisions contained in section 2E of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) shall cease to operate;]

(c) any composite insurer in respect of the management of whose affairs an Administrator has been appointed under section 52A of the Insurance Act;

(d) the scheme run by the Central Government known as the Post Office Life Insurance Fund;

(e) any approved superannuation fund as defined in clause (a) of section 58N of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (11 of 1922), which is in existence on the appointed day;

(f) any scheme in existence on the appointed day or any scheme framed after the appointed day with the approval of the Central Government whereby, in consideration of certain compulsory deductions made by Government from the salaries of its employees as part of the conditions of service, the payment of money is assured by Government on the death of the employee concerned or on the happening of any contingency dependent on his life.

[(g) any Family Pension Scheme framed under the Coal Mines Provident Fund, Family Pension and Bonus Schemes Act, 1948 (46 of 1948), or the Employees, Provident Funds and Family Pension Fund Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), for the purpose of providing family pension and life assurance benefits to the employees covered by the said Scheme.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956
Section44
Marginal noteAct not to apply in certain cases
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.

  • omitted, Act 40 of 2025. Cl. (b) omitted by Act 40 of 2025, s. 85, (w.e.f. 5-2-2026).
  • inserted, Act 8 of 2012. The proviso ins. by Act 8 of 2012, s. 7 (w.e.f. 31-3-2012).
  • inserted, Act 16 of 1971. Ins. by Act 16 of 1971, s. 31 and Sch. III (w.e.f. 23-4-1971).

Find the provision, not just read it

The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:

  • Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
  • Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
  • Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
  • Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you

Free account. No card. About a minute to create.

Create a free account

Need this as data, not as a page? The Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.