Section 32, Insurance Act, 1938 [S18-7JN]

As at 7 September 2026. In force from 4 July 1938.

In Insurance Act, 1938 [A10-AKS]. This text from 4 July 1938. No other text held.

Synthetic. The words of this section are generated by the register; the title, number and year of the Act are real.

Cite: Section 32, Insurance Act, 1938 [S18-7JN]. Machine: S18-7JN.

32. Registration of policy-holders.—(1) Every policy-holder shall, within sixty days from the commencement of this Act or, where such person begins the holding of a policy after such commencement, within sixty days from the date of such beginning, make an application for registration to the Authority in Form IRDA-3, accompanied by a fee of fifty thousand rupees. (2) The Authority shall, on being satisfied that the application is in order, register the applicant and issue a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed. (3) No policy-holder shall carry on the holding of a policy unless registered under this section.

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Authority: Section 2, Insurance Act, 1938 [S186MX] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "Authority" means the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India established under section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999)

Authority: 22 more definitions.

policy-holder: Section 2, Insurance Act, 1938 [S186MX] (In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—): "policy-holder" includes a person to whom the whole of the interest of the policy-holder in the policy is assigned once and for all

policy-holder: 7 more definitions.

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