LawgistThe Life Insurance Corporation Act
1Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956.
(2) It shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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1 1st July, 1956, vide notification No. S. R. O. 1456, dated 26th June, 1956, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3.
All sections
- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Establishment and incorporation of Life Insurance Corporation of India
- 4 Constitution of the Corporation
- 5 Capital of Corporation
- 6 Functions of the Corporation
- 6A Power to impose conditions, etc
- 7 Transfer of assets and liabilities of existing insurers carrying on controlled business
- 8 Provident, superannuation and other like funds
- 9 General effect of vesting of controlled business
- 10 Provisions as to composite insurers
- 11 Transfer of service of existing employees of insurers to the Corporation
- 12 Transfer of services of existing employees of chief agents of insurers to the Corporation in certain cases
- 13 Duty to deliver possession of property and documents relating thereto
- 14 Power of Corporation to modify contracts of life insurance in certain cases
- 15 Right of Corporation to seek relief in respect of certain transactions of the insurer
- 16 Compensation for acquisition of controlled business
- 17 Constitution of Tribunals
- 18 Offices, branches and agencies
- 19 Committees of the Corporation
- 20 Managing Directors
- 21 Corporation to be guided by the directions of Central Government
- 22 Zonal Managers
- 23 Staff of the Corporation
- 24 Funds of the Corporation
- 25 Audit
- 26 Actuarial valuations
- 27 Annual report of activities of Corporation
- 28 Surplus from life insurance business, how to be utilised
- 28A Profits from any business (other than life insurance business) how to be utilised
- 29 Reports to be laid before Parliament
- 30 Corporation to have the exclusive privilege of carrying on life insurance business
- 30A Exclusive privilege of Corporation to cease
- 31 Exception in the case of insurance business in respect of persons residing outside India
- 32 Power of Corporation to have official seal in certain cases
- 33 Requirement of foreign laws to be complied with in certain cases
- 34 Revesting of certain shares vested in the Administrator General
- 35 Repatriation of assets and liabilities in the case of foreign insurers in certain cases
- 36 Contracts of chief agents and special agents to terminate
- 37 Policies to be guaranteed by Central Government
- 38 Liquidation of Corporation
- 39 Special provisions for winding up of certain insurers
- 40 Penalty for withholding property, etc
- 41 Tribunal to have exclusive jurisdiction in certain matters
- 42 Enforcement of decisions of Tribunals
- 43 Application of the Insurance Act
- 43A . Omitted
- 44 Act not to apply in certain case
- 45 Special provisions regarding transfer of controlled business of certain composite insurer
- 46 Defects in constitution of Corporation or Committees not to invalidate acts or proceedings
- 47 Protection of action taken under Act
- 48 Power to make rules
- 49 Power to make regulations
