Section 42, Insurance Act, 1938 [S18-7W9]

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 42, Insurance Act, 1938 [S18-7W9]. Machine: S18-7W9.

42. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns.—(1) Every policy-holder shall maintain such records and registers relating to the holding of a policy as may be prescribed and shall preserve them for a period of five years. (2) Every policy-holder shall furnish to the Authority a return in Form IRDA-1 within ninety days from the end of every financial year, and such other information as the Authority may, by order in writing, require.

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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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