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Section 6: Avoidance of wagering contracts.

The Marine Insurance Act, 1963Central Act · Act 11 of 1963

(1) Every contract of marine insurance by way of wagering is void.

(2) A contract of marine insurance is deemed to be a wagering contract:--

(a) where the assured has not an insurable interest as defined by this Act, and the contract is entered into with no expectation of acquiring such an interest; or

(b) where the policy is made "interest or no interest", or "without further proof of interest than the policy itself, or "without benefit of salvage to the insurer", or subject to any other like term:

Provided that, where there is no possibility of salvage, a policy may be effected without benefit of salvage to the insurer.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Marine Insurance Act, 1963
Section6
Marginal noteAvoidance of wagering contracts.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

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