The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972
# THE GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS (NATIONALISATION) ACT, 1972
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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

SECTIONS

1. Short title.
2. Declaration as to the policy of the State.
3. Definitions.

CHAPTER II

TRANSFER TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS

4. Transfer of shares of Indian insurance companies.
5. Transfer of undertakings of other existing insurers.
6. Effect of transfer of undertakings.
7. Transfer of service of existing employees in certain cases.
8. Provident, superannuation, welfare and other funds.

CHAPTER III

GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA

9. Formation of General Insurance Corporation of India.
10. Transfer to Corporation of shares vested in Central Government.
10A. Transfer to Central Government of shares vested in Corporation.
10B. Enhancement of equity capital of General Insurance companies.

CHAPTER IV

AMOUNTS TO BE PAID FOR ACQUISITIONS

11. Amounts to be paid for transfer and vesting of shares or undertakings.
12. Disbursement of amounts by Corporation.
13. Mode of payment.
14. Amount payable to shareholders may be paid to named persons instead in certain cases.
15. Payment into court in case of rival claims.

CHAPTER V

SCHEME FOR REORGANISATION OF GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS

16. Schemes for mergers of companies, etc.
17. Laying of schemes and notifications before Parliament.

CHAPTER VA

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES

17A. Power of Central Government to regulate the terms and conditions of service of officers and

other employees.

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CHAPTER VI

FUNCTIONS OF CORPORATION AND ACQUIRING COMPANIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

SECTIONS

18. Functions of Corporation.
19. Functions of acquiring companies.
20. Balance of profit how to be utilised.
21. Interim provisions for management of Indian insurance companies.
22. Power of Central Government to transfer employees.
23. Power of Central Government to issue directions.

CHAPTER VII

MISCELLANEOUS

24. Acquiring companies to have the exclusive privilege of carrying on general insurance business.
24A. Exclusive privilege of Corporation and acquiring companies to cease.
24B. Cessation of application of Act.
25. [Omitted.]
26. Acquiring companies and income-tax.
27. Power to reduce amounts of insurance in certain eases
28. Right of acquiring company to seek relief in respect of certain transactions.
29. Duty to deliver possession of property and documents relating thereto.
30. Penalty for withholding property, etc.
31. Officers and employees of Corporation or of acquiring companies to be public servants.
31A. Liability of director of specified insurer.
32. Indemnity.
33. Dissolution of Corporation and acquiring companies.
34. Reference to existing insurer in other laws.
35. Application of Insurance Act.
35A. [Omitted.]
36. Exemptions.
37. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings.
38. Protection of action taken in good faith.
38A. Powers of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India not to apply to

International Financial Services Centre.

39. Power to make rules.
40. [Repealed.]

THE SCHEDULE.

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# THE GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS (NATIONALISATION) ACT, 1972

 ACT NO. 57 OF 1972

[20th September, 1972.]

# An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of shares of Indian insurance companies and
 undertakings of other existing insurers in order to serve better the needs of the economy by securing the development of general insurance business in the best interests of the community and to ensure that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth to the common detriment, for the regulation and control of such business and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

**1. Short title.—This Act may be called the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972.**

**2. Declaration as to the policy of the State.—It is hereby declared that this Act is for giving effect to**

the policy of the State towards securing the principles specified in clause (c) of article 39 of the
Constitution.

_Explanation.—In this section, “State” has the same meaning as in article 12 of the Constitution._

**3. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—**

(a) “acquiring company” means any Indian insurance company and, where a scheme has been

framed involving the merger of one Indian insurance company in another or the amalgamation of two
or more such companies, means the Indian insurance company in which any other company has been
merged or the company which has been formed as a result of the amalgamation;

(b) “appointed day” means such day not being a day later than the 2nd day of January, 1973, as

the Central Government may, by notification, appoint;

1[(ba) “board of directors” or “board”, in relation to a specified insurer, shall have the same

meaning as assigned to it in clause (10) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013);]

(c) “Companies Act” means [2][the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)];

(d) “Corporation” means the General Insurance Corporation of India formed under section 9;

(e) “existing insurer” means every insurer the management of whose undertaking has vested in

the Central Government under section 3 of the General Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1971
(17 of 1971), and includes the undertaking of the Life Insurance Corporation in so far as it relates to
the general insurance business carried on by it;

(f) “foreign insurer” means an existing insurer incorporated under the law of any country outside

India;

3[(g) “general insurance business" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Insurance

Act, 1938 (4 of 1938);]

(h) “Government company” means a Government company as defined in [4][clause (45) of section

2] of the Companies Act;

(i) “Indian insurance company” means an existing insurer having a share capital who is a

company within the meaning of the Companies Act;

(j) “Insurance Act” means the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938);

1. Ins. by Act 37 of 2021, s. 2 (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).
2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)” (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).
3. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for clause (g) (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).
4. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “section 617” (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).

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(k) Life Insurance Corporation means the Life Insurance Corporation of India established under

the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956);

(l) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(n) “Schedule” means the Schedule to this Act;

(o) “scheme” means the scheme framed under section 16 [1][and also includes a scheme framed

under section 17A];

2[(oa) “specified insurer” means the Corporation as defined in clause (d) or any of the insurance

companies specified in section 10A;]

(p) words and expressions used in this Act but not defined herein and defined in the Insurance

Act, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act;

(q) words and expressions used in this Act but not defined herein or in the Insurance Act and

defined in the Companies Act, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the
Companies Act.

CHAPTER II

TRANSFER TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS

**4. Transfer of shares of Indian insurance companies.—(1) On the appointed day, all the shares in**

the capital of every Indian insurance company shall, by virtue of this Act, stand transferred to and vested
in the Central Government free of all trusts, liabilities and encumbrances affecting them.

(2) Out of the shares so transferred and vested, the Central Government shall, immediately thereafter,

by notification, provide for the transfer of not less than ten shares of every such company to such persons
as may be specified in the notification to enable the Indian insurance company to function as a
Government company.

(3) Every notification made under sub-section (2) shall specify the names and description of the

persons to whom the shares are transferred and the particulars of the shares which are transferred to each
such person.

(4) A copy of every notification made under sub-section (2) shall, as soon as may be after it is made,

be sent by the Central Government to the concerned Indian insurance company, who shall, on receipt of
such copy, and notwithstanding anything contained in the Companies Act or in its articles of association,
forthwith rectify its register of members by including therein the persons mentioned in the notification as
the holders of the shares specified therein.

(5) For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the transfer and vesting of shares effected

under sub-section (1) shall not be deemed to affect any right of the Indian insurance company subsisting
immediately before the appointed day against any shareholder to recover from him any sum of money on
the ground that that shareholder has not paid or credited to the insurer the whole or any part of the value
of the shares held by him or on any other ground whatsoever.

**5. Transfer of undertakings of other existing insurers.—(1) On the appointed day, the undertaking**

of every existing insurer who is not an Indian insurance company shall stand transferred to and vested in
the Central Government and the Central Government shall immediately thereafter provide, by
notification, for the transfer to and vesting in such Indian insurance company, as it may specify in the
notification, of that undertaking.

(2) Any notification made under sub-section (1) may provide that any of the undertakings aforesaid

may be transferred to and vested in more than one Indian insurance company in such manner and subject
to such conditions as may be specified in the notification.

**6. Effect of transfer of undertakings.—(1) The undertaking of every such existing insurer as is**

referred to in section 5 shall be deemed to include all assets, rights, powers, authorities and privileges and
all property, movable and immovable, cash balances, reserve funds, investments and all other rights and

1. Ins. by Act 3 of 1985, s. 2 (w.e.f.17-9-1984).
2. Ins. by Act 37 of 2021, s. 2 (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).

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interests in, or arising out of, such property as were immediately before the appointed day in the
ownership, possession, power or control of such existing insurer in relation to the undertaking, whether
within or without India, and all books of accounts, registers, records and all other documents of whatever
nature relating thereto, and shall also be deemed to include all borrowings, liabilities and obligations of
whatever kind then subsisting of the existing insurer in relation to the undertaking.

(2) Unless otherwise expressly provided by this Act, all deeds, bonds, agreements, powers of

attorney, grants of legal representation and other instruments of whatever nature subsisting or having
effect immediately before the appointed day and to which any such insurer as is referred to in section 5 is
a party or which are in favour of such existing insurer shall be of as full force and effect against or in
favour of the Indian insurance company in which the undertaking or the part to which the instrument
relates has vested and may be enforced or acted upon as fully and effectually as if, in the place of the
existing insurer referred to in section 5, the Indian insurance company in which the undertaking or any
part thereof has vested had been a party thereto, or as if they had been issued in its favour.

(3) If, on the appointed day, any suit, appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature in relation to any

business of the undertaking which has been transferred under section 5 is pending by or against any such
existing insurer as is referred to in that section, the same shall not abate, be discontinued or be in any way
prejudicially affected by reason of the transfer of the undertaking or of anything contained in this Act, but
the suit, appeal or other proceeding may be continued, prosecuted and enforced by or against the Indian
insurance company in which the undertaking or the part to which the proceeding relates has vested.

(4) For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that in the case of a foreign insurer or, as the case

may be, the Life Insurance Corporation, the provisions of section 5 and of the preceding sub-sections
shall only apply to the extent to which any property appertains, in the former case, to the general
insurance business carried on in India and, in the latter case, to the general insurance business carried on,
whether within or without India, and to rights and powers acquired, and to debts, liabilities and
obligations incurred and to contracts, agreements and other instruments made by the foreign insurer or the
Life Insurance Corporation, as the case may be, for the purpose of such general insurance business and to
legal proceedings relating to those purposes, and the said provisions shall be construed accordingly.

(5) If any question arises as to whether any property appertains to any such general insurance

business as is referred to in this section or whether any rights, powers, liabilities or obligations were
acquired or incurred or any contract, agreement or other instrument was made by the foreign insurer or
the Life Insurance Corporation, as the case may be, for the purposes of any such business or whether any
documents relate to those purposes, the question shall be referred to the Central Government which shall,
after giving an opportunity of being heard to the persons interested in the matter, decide it in such manner
as it thinks fit.

**7. Transfer of service of existing employees in certain cases.—(1) Every whole-time officer or**

other employee of an existing insurer other than an Indian insurance company who was employed by that
insurer wholly or mainly in connection with his general insurance business immediately before the
appointed day shall, on the appointed day, become an officer or other employee, as the case may be, of
the Indian insurance company in which the undertaking of that insurer or that part of the undertaking to
which the service of the officer or other employee relates has vested, and shall hold his office or service
under the Indian insurance company on the same terms and conditions and with the same rights to
pension, gratuity and other matters as would have been admissible to him if there had been no such
vesting, and shall continue to do so unless and until his employment in the Indian insurance company in
which the undertaking or part has vested is terminated or until his remuneration, terms and conditions are
duly altered by that Indian insurance company:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any such officer or other employee who has

given, in writing, notice to the Central Government or to any person nominated in this behalf by that
Government before the appointed day intimating his intention of not becoming an officer or employee of
the Indian insurance company in whom the undertaking or part thereof to which his service relates has
vested.

(2) If any question arises as to whether any person was a whole-time officer or employee, or as to

whether any officer or employee, was employed wholly or mainly in connection with the general
insurance business of the existing insurer referred to in sub-section (1) immediately before the appointed
day, the question shall be referred within a period of two years from the appointed day and not thereafter

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to the Central Government which shall, after giving an opportunity of being heard to the person
concerned in the matter, decide it in such manner as it thinks fit and such decision shall be final.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) or in any

other law for the time being in force, the transfer of the services of any officer or other employee under
sub-section (1) shall not entitle any such officer or other employee to any compensation under that Act or
such other law, and no such claim shall be entertained by any court, tribunal or other authority.

**8. Provident, superannuation, welfare and other funds.—(1) Where an existing insurer has**

established a provident, superannuation, welfare or any other fund for the benefit of his employees and
constituted a trust in respect thereof (hereafter in this section referred to as an existing trust), the moneys
standing to the credit of such fund on the appointed day, together with any other assets belonging to such
fund, shall stand transferred to and vested in the Indian insurance company on the appointed day free
from any such trust.

(2) Where all the employees of the Life Insurance Corporation or any other existing insurer do not

become employees of an Indian insurance company, the monies and other assets belonging to any such
fund as is referred to in sub-section (1), shall be apportioned between the trustees of the fund and the
Indian insurance company in the prescribed manner; and in case of any dispute about such apportionment
the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final.

(3) Where the undertaking of an existing insurer has vested in more than one Indian insurance

company, the Central Government may, by order, provide for the apportionment among such Indian
insurance companies of monies and other assets belonging to any existing trust relating to that
undertaking in such manner as in its opinion may be appropriate.

(4) The Indian insurance company shall as soon as may be after the appointed day constitute in

respect of the moneys and other assets which are transferred to and vested in it under this section one or
more trusts having objects as similar to the objects of the existing trusts as in the circumstances may be
practicable.

(5) Where all the moneys and other assets belonging to an existing trust are transferred to and vested

in an Indian insurance company under this section, the trustees of such trust shall, as from the appointed
day, stand discharged from the trust, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before the
appointed day.

CHAPTER III

GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA

**9. Formation of General Insurance Corporation of India.—(1) As soon as may be after the**

commencement of this Act, the Central Government shall form a Government company in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies Act, to be known as the General Insurance Corporation of India for
the purpose of superintending, controlling and carrying on the business of general insurance:

1[Provided that on and from the commencement of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation)

Amendment Act, 2002, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words
“superintending, controlling and carrying on the business of general insurance”, the words “carrying on
re-insurance business” had been substituted.]

(2) The authorised capital of the Corporation shall be [2][rupees two hundred and fifty crores, divided

into two hundred and fifty lakhs fully paid-up shares] of one hundred rupees each, out of which rupees
five crores shall be the initial subscribed capital of the Corporation:

1[Provided that the Central Government may, by notification, increase or reduce the authorised capital

or subscribed capital, as the case may be, as it deems fit.]

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in [3][the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)], it shall not be

necessary to add the word “Limited” as the last word of the name of the Corporation.

1.The proviso inserted by Act 40 of 2002, s. 2 (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).
2. Subs. by Act 38 of 1989, s. 2, for “rupees seventy-five crores, divided into seventy-five lakhs fully paid-up shares” (w.e.f. 22
10-1989).

3. Subs. by Act 37 of 2021, s. 3, for “"the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)” (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).

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**10. Transfer to Corporation of shares vested in Central Government.** All the shares in the

capital of every Indian insurance company which stand transferred to and vested in the Central
Government by virtue of section 4 [with the exception of the shares transferred to any person under subsection (2) of that section] shall immediately after such vesting, stand transferred to and vested in the
Corporation and every Indian insurance company shall forthwith give effect to such transfer of shares and
rectify its register of members by including therein the Corporation as the holder of such shares.

**1[10A. Transfer to Central Government of shares vested in Corporation.—All the shares in the**

capital of the acquiring companies, being—

(a) the National Insurance Company Limited;

(b) the New India Assurance Company Limited;

(c) the Oriental Insurance Company Limited;

(d) the United India Insurance Company Limited,

and vested in the Corporation before the commencement of the General Insurance Business
(Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 2002 shall, on such commencement, stand transferred to the Central
Government.]

**2[10B. Enhancement of equity capital of General Insurance companies.—The General Insurance**

Corporation and the insurance companies specified in section 10A may, raise their capital for increasing
their business in rural and social sectors, to meet solvency margin and such other purposes, as the Central
Government may empower in this behalf:


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CHAPTER IV

AMOUNTS TO BE PAID FOR ACQUISITIONS

**11. Amounts to be paid for transfer and vesting of shares or undertakings.—(1) For the transfer**

of the shares of each Indian insurance company to, and vesting in, the Central Government, under section
4, there shall be paid by the Central Government to the Corporation, for distribution to the shareholders of
each such company, the amount specified against such company in the corresponding entry under column
(3) of Part A of the Schedule.

(2) For the transfer to, and vesting in the Central Government, under section 5, of the undertaking of

each existing insurer, who is not an Indian insurance company there shall be paid by the Central
Government to the Corporation, for payment to each such existing insurer, the amount specified against
such insurer in the corresponding entry under column (3) of Part B of the Schedule.

**12. Disbursement of amounts by Corporation.—(1) The total amount paid by the Central**

Government under section 11 shall be treated as additional contribution to the subscribed capital of the
Corporation and such additional subscribed capital shall stand allotted to, and vested in, the Central
Government.

(2) The Corporation shall distribute the amount paid to it under section 11, to the shareholders of each

Indian insurance company and to each existing insurer, who is not an Indian insurance company, in
accordance with their rights and interests, and, if there is any doubt or dispute as to the right, or extent of
the right, of any person to receive the whole or any part of such amount, refer such doubt or dispute to the
Central Government for determination and thereafter, act in accordance with the determination made by
that Government.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the amount referred to in section 11 shall be given

in accordance with the provisions of section 13, section 14 or section 15, as the case may be.

**13. Mode of payment.—(1) Where the amount referred to in section 11 is to be given—**

(a) to the members of an Indian insurance company, the amount due to each such member shall

be paid in full, where it does not exceed twenty-five thousand rupees, and where it exceeds twenty
1. Ins. by Act 40 of 2002, s. 3(w.e.f. 21-3-2003).
2. Ins. by Act 5 of 2015, s. 103 (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
3. The proviso omitted by Act 37 of 2021, s. 4 (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).

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five thousand rupees, each such member shall be paid twenty five thousand rupees and the balance of
the amount due to such member shall be paid to him in three equal annual instalments, the first of
which shall fall due on the appointed day;

(b) to a foreign insurer, it shall be given to him in cash within three months from the appointed

day;

(c) to the Life Insurance Corporation, it shall be given to it in three equal annual instalments, the

first of which shall fall due on the appointed day;

(d) to an existing insurer who is a co-operative society, it shall be distributed as soon as may be

after the appointed day in accordance with the rules of the society which will apply in case of
dissolution of the society;

(e) to an existing insurer not falling within any of the foregoing provisions, it shall be apportioned

by the acquiring company among the individual policy-holders of the insurer whose policies with that
insurer were in force on the appointed day and were comprised in the undertaking of such insurer in
proportion to the premiums paid by the policy-holders under such policies and every such payment
shall be made either—

(i) in cash, to be sent by postal money order, or

(ii) at the option of the policy-holder, as a deduction in the premium due at the time of the

renewal of the policy and such option shall be exercised by the policy-holder before the expiry of
three months from the appointed day (or within such further time not exceeding three months as
the Central Government may, on the application of the policy-holder, allow); and the option so
exercised shall be final and shall not be altered or rescinded after it has been exercised:

Provided that if any policy-holder fails to exercise his option within the time allowed, he shall be

deemedto have exercised his option in favour of payment in cash by postal money order.

(2) Where any amount is payable whether in instalments or otherwise under the provisions of this

section, the unpaid amount, where its payment has become due shall carry interest at the rate of four per
cent. per annum from the appointed day.

**14. Amount payable to shareholders may be paid to named persons instead in certain cases.—**

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act, if a majority in number of the persons,
who, immediately before the appointed day, were registered in the books of an Indian insurance company
as the members thereof, and representing two-thirds in value of the amount payable to the Indian
insurance company, agree either in person or by proxy at a meeting specially convened for the purpose
that the amount so payable instead of being distributed among the members shall be given to any such
person or body of persons as the members may nominate either at that meeting or subsequently for the
purpose of carrying on any business, and the Central Government is satisfied that due provision has been
or will be made for the payment of the value of their respective shares to persons who have dissented
from the reasolution, the amount may be given to the person or body of persons so nominated in such
manner and subject to such conditions as the Central Government may think fit.

(2) No resolution passed at any such meeting as is referred to in sub-section (1) held after the

appointed day shall have any effect unless the meeting has been convened after obtained the approval of
the Central Government.

**15. Payment into court in case of rival claims.—Where a claim to the amount payable under**

section 11 is made by two or more persons adversely to one another, the corporation may cause the
amount to be deposited in any civil court having jurisdiction in that behalf and the court shall decide as to
whom the payment shall be made.

CHAPTER V

SCHEME FOR REORGANISATION OF GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS

**16. Schemes for mergers of companies, etc.—(1) If the Central Government is of opinion that for**

the more efficient carrying on of general insurance business it is necessary so to do, it may, by
notification, frame one or more schemes providing for all or any of the following matters:—

(a) the merger in one Indian insurance company of any other Indian insurance company, or the

formation of a new company by the amalgamation of two or more Indian insurance companies;

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(b) the transfer to and vesting in the acquiring company of the undertaking (including all its

business, properties, assets and liabilities) of any Indian insurance company which ceases to exist by
reason of the scheme;

(c) the constitution, name and registered office and the capital structure of the acquiring company

and the issue and allotment of shares;

(d) the constitution of a board of management by whatever name called for the management of

the acquiring company;

(e) the alteration of the memorandum and articles of association of the acquiring company for

such purposes as may be necessary to give effect to the scheme;

(f) the continuance in the acquiring company of the services of all officers and other employees of

the Indian insurance company which has ceased to exist by reason of the scheme, on the same terms
and conditions which they were getting or, as the case may be, by which they were governed
immediately before the commencement of the scheme;

(g) the rationalisation or revision of pay scales and other terms and conditions of service of

officers and other employees wherever necessary;

(h) the transfer to the acquiring company of the provident, superannuation, welfare and other

funds relating to the officers and other employees of the Indian insurance company which has ceased
to exist by reason of the scheme;

(i) the continuance by or against the acquiring company of legal proceedings pending by or

against any Indian insurance company which has ceased to exist by reason of the scheme, and the
initiation of such legal proceedings, civil or criminal, as the Indian insurance company might have
initiated if it had not ceased to exist;

(j) such incidental, consequential and supplemental matters as are necessary to give full effect to

the scheme.

(2) In framing schemes under sub-section (1), the object of the Central Government shall be to ensure

that ultimately there are [1][up to four companies] (excluding the Corporation) in existing and that they are
so situate as to render their combined services effective in all parts of India.

(3) Where a scheme under sub-section (1) provides for the transfer of any property or liabilities, then,

by virtue of the scheme, the property shall stand transferred to and vested in, and those liabilities shall be
transferred to and become the liabilities of, the acquiring company.

(4) If the rationalisation or revision of any pay scale or other terms and conditions of service under

any scheme is not acceptable to any officer or other employee, the acquiring company may terminate his
employment by giving him compensation equivalent to three months’ remuneration, unless the contract of
service with such employee provides for a shorter notice of termination.

_Explanation.—The compensation payable to an officer or other employee under this sub-section shall_

be in addition to, and shall not affect, any pension, gratuity, provident fund or other benefit to which the
employee may be entitled under his contract of service.

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) or in any

other law for the time being in force, the transfer of the services of any officer or other employee of an
Indian insurance company to the acquiring company shall not entitled any such officer or other employee
to any compensation under that Act or other law, and no such claim shall be entertained by any court,
tribunal or other authority.

(6) The Central Government may, by notification, add to, amend or vary any scheme framed under

this section.

1. Subs. by Act 23 of 2019, s. 149, for the words “only four companies” (w.e.f. 1-8-2019.)

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(7) The provisions of this section and of any scheme framed under it shall have effect notwithstanding

anything to the contrary contained in any other law or any agreement, award or other instrument for the
time being in force.

1[(8) The power to frame a scheme under sub-section (1), and the power conferred by sub-section (6)

to add to, amend or vary any scheme framed under this section, shall include the power to frame such
scheme with retrospective effect from a date not earlier than the appointed day.]

2[17. Laying of schemes and notifications before Parliament.—Every scheme framed under sub
section (1) of section 16 and every notification issued under sub-section (3) of that section shall be laid, as
soon as may be after it is framed or issued, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a
total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions,
and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions
aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the scheme or notification or both Houses
agree that the scheme or notification should not be framed or issued, the scheme or notification shall
thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that
any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done
under that scheme or notification.]

3[CHAPTER VA

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF OFFICERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES

**17A. Power of Central Government to regulate the terms and conditions of service of officers**

**and other employees.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, frame**
one or more schemes for regulating the pay scales and other terms and conditions of service of officers
and other employees of the Corporation or of any acquiring company.

(2) A scheme framed under sub-section (1) may add to, amend or vary any scheme framed under

section 16 [including any addition, amendment or variation made therein by notification under subsection (6) of section 16] with respect to rationalisation or revision of pay scales and other terms and
conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Corporation or of any acquiring company, to
provide for further rationalisation or revision of such pay scales and other terms and conditions of service
notwithstanding that such further rationalisation or revision is unrelated to, or unconnected with, the
amalgamation of insurance companies or merger consequent on nationalisation of general insurance
business.

(3) The Central Government may, by notification, add to, amend or vary any scheme framed under

this section.

(4) The power to frame a scheme under sub-section (1), and the power conferred by sub-section (3) to

add to, amend or vary any scheme framed under this section, shall include the power to frame such
scheme, or, as the case may be, to make such addition, amendment or variation in any scheme framed
under this section, with retrospective effect from a date not earlier than the appointed day.

(5) A copy of every scheme, and every amendment thereto, framed under this section shall be laid, as

soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.

(6) The provisions of this section and of any scheme framed under it shall have effect notwithstanding

anything to the contrary contained in any other law or any agreement, award or other instrument for the
time being in force.]

CHAPTER VI

FUNCTIONS OF CORPORATION AND ACQUIRING COMPANIES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

**18. Functions of Corporation.—(1) The functions of the Corporation shall include—**

(a) the carrying on of any part of the general insurance business, if it thinks it desirable to do so;

1. Ins. by Act 3 of 1985, s. 3 (w.e.f. 17-9-1984).
2. Subs. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Schedule, for section 17 (w.e.f. 15-5-1986)
3. Ins. by Act 3 of 1985, s. 4 (w.e.f. 17-9-1984).

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(b) aiding, assisting and advising the acquiring companies in the matter of setting up of standards

of conduct and sound practice in general insurance business and in the matter of rendering efficient
service to holders of policies of general insurance;

(c) advising the acquiring companies in the matter of controlling their expenses including the

payment of commission and other expenses;

(d) advising the acquiring companies in the matter of the investment of their funds;

(e) issuing directions to acquiring companies in relation to the conduct of general insurance

business:

1[Provided that all the functions of the Corporation specified in this sub-section, on and from the

commencement of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 2002, shall be
performed by the Central Government.]

(2) In issuing any directions under sub-section (1), the [2][Central Government] shall keep in mind the

desirability of encouraging competition amongst the acquiring companies as far as possible in order to
render their services more efficient.

**19. Functions of acquiring companies.—(1) Subject to the rules, if any, made by the Central**

Government in this behalf and to its memorandum and articles of association, it shall be the duty of every
acquiring company to carry on general insurance business.

(2) Each acquiring company shall so function under this Act as to secure that general insurance

business is developed to the best advantage of the community.

(3) In the discharge of any of its functions, each acquiring company shall act so far as may be on

business principles and where any directions have been issued by the [3][Central Government or the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (41 of 1999)], shall be guided by such
directions.

(4) For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that the Corporation and any acquiring company

may, subject to the rules, if any, made by the Central Government in this behalf, enter into such contracts
of reinsurance or reinsurance treaties as it may think fit for the protection of its interests.

**20. Balance of profit how to be utilised.—(1) After making provision for bad and doubtful debts,**

depreciation in assets, provident, superannuation, welfare and other funds, debts due to Government and
all other matters for which provision is necessary under any law or which are usually provided for by
insurance companies, every acquiring company shall distribute the balance of profit as dividends.

(2) Any profit made by the Corporation and any sums received by the Corporation by way of

dividends or otherwise shall be dealt with by it in such manner as may be prescribed.

**21. Interim provisions for management of Indian insurance companies.—(1) Notwithstanding**

anything contained in the Companies Actor in the memorandum and articles of association of any Indian
insurance company, on and from the appointed day and until a new board of directors of the Indian
insurance company is duly constituted, the management of the company shall continue to vest in the
Custodian in charge of the management of the undertaking of that company immediately before the
appointed day by virtue of the provisions contained in the General Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act,
1971 (17 of 1971), and the Custodian shall be entitled, subject to such directions as the Central
Government may issue in this behalf, to exercise all the powers and do all acts and things as may be
exercised or done by the company or by its board of directors.

(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to prevent the Central Government from

appointing any other person to take charge of the management of the undertaking of any Indian insurance
company during the period referred to in that sub-section if for any reason it becomes necessary so to do,

1.Ins. by Act 40 of 2002, s. 4 (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for “Corporation” (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).
3. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for “Corporation” (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).

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and any person so appointed may exercise all the powers and do all acts and things which a Custodian
may exercise or do under sub-section (1).

(3) The Custodian referred to in sub-section (1) and the person appointed under sub-section (2) shall

be entitled to such salaries and other allowances as the Central Government may specify in this behalf and
shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central Government.

**22. Power of Central Government to transfer employees.—[1][The Central Government or any**

person authorised by it may at any time transfer any officer] or employee from an acquiring company or
the Corporation to any other acquiring company or the Corporation, as the case may be, and the officer or
employee so transferred, shall continue to have the same terms and conditions of service as were
applicable to him immediately before such transfer.

**23. Power of Central Government to issue directions.—The Corporation and every acquiring**

company shall, in the discharge of its functions, be guided by such directions in regard to matters of
policy involving public interest as the Central Government may give.

CHAPTER VII

MISCELLANEOUS

**24. Acquiring companies to have the exclusive privilege of carrying on general insurance**

**business.—(1) Except to the extent expressly provided in this Act, on and from the appointed day, the**
Corporation and the acquiring companies shall have the exclusive privilege of carrying on general
insurance business in India.

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 36, any certificate of registration granted under the Insurance

Act to any insurer other than an insurer referred to in sub-section (1) shall, on and from the appointed day,
cease to have effect:

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to the carrying on by the Life Insurance

Corporation of life insurance business and capital redemption and annuity certain business.

**2[24A. Exclusive privilege of Corporation and acquiring companies to cease.—Notwithstanding**

anything contained in this Act, the exclusive privilege of the Corporation and the acquiring companies of
carrying on general insurance business in India shall cease on and from the commencement of the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 and the Corporation and the acquiring
companies shall, thereafter, carry on general insurance business in India in accordance with the provisions
of the Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938):]

3[Provided that the Corporation shall, on and from the commencement of the General Insurance

Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 2002, cease to carry on general insurance business.]

4[24B. Cessation of application of Act.—(1) On and from the date on which the Central

Government ceases to control any specified insurer, after the commencement of the General Insurance
Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 2021, the provisions of this Act shall cease to apply in
respect of that specified insurer.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), on the date of cessation of applicability

referred to in sub-section (1),—

(a) any scheme framed by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 17A in

respect of the specified insurer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have been adopted by
the board of directors of such specified insurer:

Provided that the board of directors may make such additions, amendments or variations thereto,

or frame new policy in place of such scheme, as it may deem appropriate;

(b) without prejudice to the generality of the power of the board of directors of the specified

insurer under clause (a), all powers exercisable by the Central Government under a scheme framed by
it in sub-section (1) of section 17A shall be exercisable by that board of directors.

1. Subs. by Act 40 of 2002, s. 6, for “The Corporation may at any time transfer any officer” (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).
2. Ins. by Act 41 of 1999, s. 32and the Third Schedule (w.e.f. 19-4-2000).
3. Ins. by Act 40 of 2002, s. 7 (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).
4. Ins. by Act 37 of 2021, s. 5 (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).

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_Explanation 1._ For the purposes of this section, the expression control means the right of the

Central Government, in relation to a specified insurer,—


(i) to appoint a majority of its directors; or


(ii) to have power over its management or policy decisions,

by virtue of its shareholding rights or management rights under its articles of association or shareholders
agreements or voting agreements or any other agreements executed with the specified insurer or any other
person in relation to the specified insurer.


_Explanation 2.—For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that—_


(i) the provisions of this section shall also apply to any rule, scheme, direction or notification

made under this Act before the cessation of applicability;

(ii) the cessation of applicability shall not revive anything that was not already in force or in

existence under this Act or affect anything previously done or suffered under this Act;

(iii) the board of directors of the specified insurer shall exercise the powers referred to in

sub-section (2), subject to any requirement under any law for the time being in force.]

**25. [Properties in India not to be insured with foreign insurers except with permission of Central**

_Government.] Omitted by the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015 (5 of 2015), s. 104 (w.e.f. 26-12-_
2014).

**26. Acquiring companies and income-tax.—For the purposes of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of**

1961), every acquiring company shall be deemed to be an Indian company and a company in which the
public are substantially interested.

**27. Power to reduce amounts of insurance in certain cases.—An acquiring company may, having**

regard to its financial condition on the 13th day of May, 1971 or the financial condition on the said date
of any existing insurer whose undertaking has been transferred to and vested in it under this Act reduce
the liabilities which have arisen under contracts of general insurance entered into before the said date in
such manner and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit:

Provided that no such reduction shall be made except in accordance with specific proposals made by

the acquiring company in this behalf and approved by the Central Government.

**28. Right of acquiring company to seek relief in respect of certain transactions.—(1) Where an**

existing insurer has at any time within five years before the 13th day of May, 1971—

(a) made any payment to any person without consideration,

(b) sold or disposed of any property of the insurer without consideration or for an inadequate

consideration,

(c) acquired any property or rights for an excessive consideration,

(d) entered into or varied any agreement so as to require an excessive consideration to be paid or

given by the insurer,

(e) entered into any other transaction of such an onerous nature as to cause a loss to, or impose a

liability on, the insurer exceeding any benefit accruing to the insurer,

and the payment, sale, disposal, acquisition, agreement or variation thereof or other transaction was not
reasonably necessary for the purpose of the general insurance business of the insurer or was made with an
unreasonable lack of prudence on the part of the insurer, regard being had in either case to the
circumstances at the time, the acquiring company may apply for relief to the court in respect of such
transaction, and all parties to the transaction shall, unless the court otherwise directs, be made parties to
the application.

(2) The court may make such order against any of the parties to the application as it thinks just having

regard to the extent to which those parties were respectively responsible for the transaction or benefited
from it and all the circumstances of the case.

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(3) Where an application is made to the court under this section in respect of any transaction and the

application is determined in favour of the acquiring company, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction
to determine any claim outstanding in respect of the transaction.

**29. Duty to deliver possession of property and documents relating thereto.—(1) Where any**

property appertaining to an existing insurer has been transferred to and vested in an Indian insurance
company under section 5,—

(a) every person in whose possession, custody or control any such property may be, shall deliver

the property to the Indian insurance company forthwith,

(b) any person who immediately before such vesting has in his possession, custody or control any

books, documents or other papers relating to an existing insurer shall be liable to account for the said
books, documents and papers to the Indian insurance company, and shall deliver them to that
company or to such person as that company may direct.

(2) In particular, all the assets of an existing insurer appertaining to the undertaking held in deposit by

the Reserve Bank of India under the Insurance Act or by trustees in trust shall be delivered to the Indian
insurance company.

(3) Without prejudice to the other provisions contained in this section, it shall be lawful for each

Indian Insurance company to take all necessary steps for taking possession of all properties which have
been transferred to and vested in it under this Act.

**30. Penalty for withholding property, etc.—If any person wilfully withholds or fails to deliver to an**

Indian insurance company as required by section 29 any property or any books, documents or other
papers which may be in his possession or unlawfully retains possession of any property of an existing
insurer which has been transferred to and vested in an Indian insurance company under section 5 or
wilfully applies any such property to purposes other than those expressed in or authorised by this Act, he
shall, on the complaint of the Indian insurance company, be punishable with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.

**31. Officers and employees of Corporation or of acquiring companies to be public**

**servants.—Every officer or other employee of the Corporation or of an acquiring company shall be**
deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of Chapter IX of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).

**1[31A. Liability of director of specified insurer.—A director of a specified insurer who is not its**

whole-time director shall be held liable only in respect of such acts of omission or commission of the
specified insurer which had been committed with his knowledge, attributable through board processes,
and with his consent or connivance or where he had not acted diligently.

_Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the reference to "board" shall include committees of_

the board.]

**32. Indemnity.—Every officer of the Central Government and every officer or other employee of the**

Corporation and of any acquiring company shall be indemnified by the Central Government or the
Corporation or the acquiring company, as the case may be, against all losses and expenses incurred by
him in, or in relation to, the discharge of his duties under this Act except such as have been caused by his
own wilful act or default.

**33. Dissolution of Corporation and acquiring companies.—No provision of law relating to the**

winding up of companies shall apply to the Corporation or to an acquiring company, and neither the
Corporation nor any such company shall be placed in liquidation save by order of the Central Government
and in such manner as it may direct.

**34. Reference to existing insurer in other laws.— Any reference to an existing insurer in any law**

other than this Act or any contract or other instrument shall, in so far as it relates to an acquiring
company, be construed as a reference to that company.

**35. Application of Insurance Act.—Subject to such exceptions, restrictions and limitations, if any,**

as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, the Insurance Act shall apply to or
in relation to the Corporation and every acquiring company as if the Corporation or the acquiring

1. Ins. by Act 37 of 2021, s. 6 (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).

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company, as the case may be, were an insurer carrying on general insurance business within the meaning
of that Act.

**35A. [Deduction of income-tax not to be made on interest or dividend payable to the Corporation,**

_etc.] Omitted by The Finance Act 2002 (20 of 2002), s. 158 (w.e.f. 1-6-2002)._

**36. Exemptions.—(1) Nothing contained in this Act shall apply in relation to—**

(a) any general insurance business carried on by a State Government, to the extent to which such

insurance relates to properties belonging to it or undertakings owned wholly or mainly by the State
Government or to properties belonging to semi-government bodies, or any Board or body corporate
established by the State Government under any statue or any industrial or commercial undertaking in
which the State Government has substantial financial interest, whether as shareholder, lender or
guarantor;

(b) any general insurance business not falling within clause (a) which has been carried on by a

State Government before the commencement of this Act, to the extent to which it is necessary to
allow such business to run off:

Provided that nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to authorise the State Government

to issue any new policies or renew any existing policies;

(c) any insurer whose business is being voluntarily wound up or is being wound up by a court;
(d) the insurance business carried on by the Calcutta Hospital and Nursing Home Benefits

Association Limited;

(e) the insurance business carried on by the Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation Limited and

the Deposit Insurance Corporation established under section 3 of the Deposit Insurance Corporation
Act, 1961 (47 of 1961);

(f) any scheme in existence immediately before the 14th day of May, 1971 or any scheme framed

after the said day with the approval of the Central Government for the insurance of crops or of cattle
or of flood risks or of war or emergency risks.

(2) If the Central Government is satisfied that an insurer, whether established before or after the

appointed day, carries on only such general insurance business as is not carried on ordinarily by insurers,
it may, by notification, direct that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to such insurer.

**37. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings.—No act or proceeding of the Corporation or of**

an acquiring company shall be called in question merely on the ground of the existence of any vacancy in,
or defect in the constitution of, the Corporation or the company.

**38. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall**

lie against any officer of the Central Government or officer or other employee of the Corporation or of the
acquiring company for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

**1[38A. Powers of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India not to apply to**

**International Financial Services Centre.—Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the**
time being in force, the powers exercisable by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of
India under this Act,—

(a) shall not extend to an International Financial Services Centre set up under sub-section (1) of

section 18 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005);

(b) shall be exercisable by the International Financial Services Centres Authority established

under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019,

in so far as regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions that are permitted
in the International Financial Services Centres are concerned.]

**39. Power to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules to carry**

out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, rules made under this

section may provide for—

1. Ins. by Act 50 of 2019, s. 33 and the second Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-2020).

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(a) the manner in which the profits, if any, and other moneys received by the Corporation may be

dealt with;

1[(b) the conditions, if any, subject to which the Corporation shall carry on re-insurance business;

(ba) the conditions, if any, subject to which the acquiring companies shall carry on general

insurance business;]

(c) the terms and conditions subject to which any reinsurance contracts or treaties may be entered

into;

(d) the form and manner in which any notice or application may be given or made to the Central

Government;

(e) the reports which may be called for by the Central Government from the Corporation and the

acquiring companies;

(f) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.

(3) Every rule made under this section and every notification issued under section 35 shall be laid, as

soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period
of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if,
before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid,
both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or notification or both Houses agree that the
rule or notification should not be made, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such
modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or
notification.

**40. [Omission of section 14 of Act 17 of 1971.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1978 (38 of**

1978), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 26-11-1978).

1. Subs. by Act 40 of 2002, s. 8, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 21-3-2003).

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Serial
Number


THE SCHEDULE

(See section 11)

_Amounts to be paid_

PART A

Name of Indian Insurance company Amount to

be paid


(1) (2) (3)

Rs.


. . . 10,00,000


1. All India General Insurance
Company Ltd.

Preference
2. Anand Insurance Company Ltd.
Shares


3,50,000


Equity Shares 2,00,000

. . . 54,448


3. Bhabha Marine Insurance Company
Ltd.

Preference
4. Bharat General Reinsurance Ltd.
Shares


8,18,000


Ordinary Shares 13,49,844

. . . 37,50,000

5. British India General Insurance
Company Ltd.

. . . 7,49,442
6. Calcutta Insurance Limited

. . . 3,38,499

7. Central Mercantile Assurance
Company Ltd.

. . . 26,12,600
8. Clive Insurance Company Ltd.

. . . 1,000

9. Commonwealth Assurance
Company Ltd.

. . . 39,77,100

10. Concord of India Insurance
Company Ltd.

. . . 16,80,000

11. DevkaranNanjee Insurance
Company Ltd.

. . . 8,06,000
12. General Assurance Society Ltd.

. . . 87,48,000
13. Hercules Insurance Company Ltd.

. . . 15,52,500

14. Hindusthan General Insurance
Society Ltd.

. . . 25,20,605

15. Hindusthan Ideal Insurance
Company Ltd.

. . . 975
16. Howrah Insurance Company Ltd.

. . . 10,00,000

17. Hukumchand Insurance Company
Ltd.

. . . 2,05,02,200
18. India Reinsurance Corporation Ltd.

. . . 1,95,69,760

19. Indian Guarantee &General
Insurance Company Ltd.

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Serial
Number


Name of Indian Insurance company Amount to

be paid


(1) (2) (3)

Rs.


20. Indian Mercantile Insurance
Company Ltd.

21. Indian Merchants’Marine Insurance
Company Ltd.

22. Indian Ocean Insurance Company
Ltd.

23. Indian Trade & General Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 50,33,195

. . . 2,28,753

. . . 1,00,000

. . . 61,21,200


24. Jalanath Insurance Ltd. . . . 10,42,955


25. Jupiter General Insurance Company
Ltd.

26. Kalyan Marine Insurance Company
Ltd.


. . . 26,24,445

. . . 1,79,880


27. Liberty Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 1,000


28. Madras Motor and General
Insurance Company Ltd.


. . . 1,77,69,600


29. Madura Insurance Company Ltd. Preference Shares 700

Ordinary Shares 15,83,900

Deferred Shares 12,500


30. Marine & General Insurance
Company Ltd.

31. Mother India Fire & General
Insurance Company Ltd.

32. Motor Owners’ Insurance Company
Ltd.


. . . 8,95,300

. . . 7,44,345

. . . 1,65,575


33. NaranjiBhanabhai& Company Ltd. . . . 49,200


34. Narhari Marine Insurance Company
Ltd.


. . . 2,36,400


35. National Insurance Company Ltd. . . 60,58,150

36. Neptune Assurance Company Ltd. . . . 10,00,000


37. New Great Insurance Company of
India Ltd.

38. New India Assurance Company
Limited.

39. New Merchants Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 43,50,000

. . . 8,20,37,678

. . 68,912

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Serial
Number


Name of Indian Insurance company Amount to

be paid


(1) (2) (3)

Rs.


40. New Premier Insurance Company
Ltd.

41. Northern India General Insurance
Company Ltd.

42. Oriental Fire & General Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 1,21,110

. . . 998

. . . 2,43,98,000


43. Pandyan Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 90,00,000


44. Pioneer Fire & General Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 11,82,610


45. Porbandar Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 59,194

46. Prachi Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 21,375


47 Ruby General Insurance Company
Ltd.

48. Shree MahasagarVima Company
Ltd.

49. South Indian Insurance Company
Ltd.

50. Sterling General Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 1,38,74,000

. . . 1,18,252

. . . 60,63,000

Preference Shares 23,000

Ordinary Shares 16,08,139


51 Triton Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 47,07,180


52. United India Fire & General
Insurance Company Ltd.

53. Universal Fire & General Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 21,39,991

. . . 24,71,618


54. Vanguard Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 896

55. Vulcan Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 32,49,617

PART B


Serial
Number


Name of insurer Amount to

be paid


(1) (2) (3)

Rs.


1. Co-operative Fire & General
Insurance Society Ltd.

2. Co-operative General Insurance
Society Ltd.


. . . 18,69,000

. . . 5,93,000

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Serial
Number


Name of insurer Amount to

be paid


(1) (2) (3)

Rs.


3. Indian Mutual General Insurance
Society Ltd.


. . . 1,40,000


4. Life Insurance Corporation of India . . . 2,81,34,000


5. Millowners’ Mutual Insurance
Association Ltd.

6. Orissa Co-operative Insurance
Society Ltd.

7. Reinsurance Association of India
(International) Ltd.

8. Union Co-operative Insurance
Society Ltd.


. . . 12,89,000

. . . 2,83,000

. . . 13,000

. . . 37,60,000


9. Alliance Assurance Company Ltd. . . . 36,65,000

10. American Insurance Company . . . 3,30,000

11. Atlas Assurance Company Ltd. . . 64,85,000

12. Baloise Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 22,67,000


13. British Aviation Insurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 1,000


14. Caledonian Insurance Company . . . 81,000

15. Century Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 6,04,000


16. Commercial Union Assurance
Company Ltd.


. . . 85,20,000


17. Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 37,12,000


18. Gerling Global Reinsurance
Company Ltd.

19. Great American Insurance
Company


. . . 1,000

. . . 3,81,000


20. Guardian Assurance Company Ltd. . . . 19,98,000

21. Hanover Insurance Company . . . 42,13,000

22. Hartford Fire Insurance Company . . . 2,96,000

23. Home Insurance Company . . . 3,73,000


24. Legal & General Assurance Society
Ltd.

25. Liverpool and London and Globe
Insurance Company Ltd.


. . . 5,28,000

. . . 8,23,000


26. London Assurance . . . 12,30,000


27. London Guarantee & Accident
Company Ltd.


. . . 40,000

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Serial
Number


Name of insurer Amount to

be paid


(1) (2) (3)

Rs.


28. London & Lancashire Insurance
Company Ltd.

29. L’Union Fire, Accident and General
Insurance Company Ltd.

30. National Employers’ Mutual
General Insurance Association Ltd.

31. National Insurance Company of
New Zealand Ltd.

32. New Hampshire Insurance
company

33. New Zealand Insurance Company
Ltd.

34. Norwich Union Fire Insurance
Society Ltd.


. . . 47,70,000

. . . 1,000

. . . 3,17,003

. . . 1,000

. . . 19,08,000

. . . 10,84,000

. . . 31,43,000


35. Phoenix Assurance Company Ltd. . . . 2,63,000

36. Provincial Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 1,000


37. Queensland Insurance Company
Ltd.


. . . 10,31,000


38. Royal Exchange Assurance . . . 49,62,000

39. Royal Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 73,28,000


40. Scottish Union & National
Insurance Company


. . . 43,15,000


41. Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 1,000


42. South British Insurance Company
Ltd.


. . . 18,42,000


43. Sun Insurance Office Ltd. . . . 25,86,000


44. Switzerland General Insurance
Company Ltd.

45. Threadneedle Insurance Company
Ltd.

46. Tokio Marine &Fire Insurance
Company Ltd.

47. Union Insurance Society of Canton
Ltd.

48. United Scottish Insurance Company
Ltd.


. . . 6,35,000

. . . 1,000

. . . 92,000

. . . 5,89,000

. . . 83,000


49. Welfare Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 1,000

50. Western Assurance Company . . . 13,92,000

51. Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 16,31,000

52. Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. . . . 1,000

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