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(1) An insurer shall not be registered by a name identical with
that by which an insurer in existence is already registered, or so nearly resembling that name as to be calculated to deceive except when the insurer in existence is in the course of being dissolved and
signifies his consent to the 1[Authority],
(2) If an insurer, through inadvertence or otherwise, is without such consent as aforesaid registered by
a name identical with that by which an insurer already in existence whether previously registered or not is
carrying on business or so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, the first-mentioned insurer
shall, if called upon to do so by the 1[Authority] on the application of the second-mentioned insurer,
change his name within a time to be fixed by the 1[Authority]:
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1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1999, s. 30 and the First Schedule, for "Controller" (w.e.f. 19-4-2000). Earlier it was substituted by Act 47 of 1950, s. 4, for "Superintendent of Insurance" (w.e.f. 1-6-1950).
2. The provisos omitted by Act 5 of 2015, s. 9 (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
3. Sub-section (3) omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).