Section 21:
Powers of Authority regarding returns.
21. Powers of 2[Authority] regarding returns. -- (1) If it appears to the 5[Authority] that any return
furnished to him under the provisions of this Act is inaccurate or defective in any respect, he
may--
(a) require from the insurer such further information, certified if he so directs by an auditor or
actuary, as he may consider necessary to correct or supplement such return;
(b) call upon the insurer to submit for his examination at the principal place of business of the
insurer in 1[India] any book of account, register or other document or to supply any statement
which his may specify in a notice served on the insurer for the purpose;
(c) examine any office of the insurer on oath in relation to the return;
(d) decline to accept any such return unless the inaccuracy has been corrected or the
deficiency has been supplied before the expiry of one month from the date on which the requisition
asking for correction of (he inaccuracy or supply of the deficiency was delivered to the insurer 3[or of
such further time as the 2[Authority] may specify in the requisition] and if him declines to accept any
such return, the insurer shall be deemed to have failed to comply with the provisions of
section 15 4*** 5[or section 28] 6[or section 28A 7 or section 28B or section 64V] relating to the
furnishing of returns.
8[(2) The Securities Appellate Tribunal may, on the application of an insurer and after hearing the
Authority, cancel any order made by the Authority under clause (d) of sub-section (1) or may direct the
acceptance of such a return which the Authority has declined to accept, if the insurer satisfies the Tribunal
that the action of the Authority was in the circumstances unreasonable:
Provided that no application under this sub-section shall be entertained unless it is made before the
expiration of four months from the date when the Authority made the order or declined to accept the
return.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 62 of 1956, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the States" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Subs. by Act 41 of 1999, s. 30 and the Schedule, for "Controller" (w.e.f. 19-4-2000).
3. Ins. by Act 47 of 1950, s. 15 (w.e.f. 1-6-1950).
4. The words and figures "or section 16" omitted by Act 5 of 2015, s. 24 (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
5. Ins. by Act 6 of 1946, s. 13 (w.e.f. 20-3-1946).
6. Ins. by Act 47of 1950, s. 15 (w.e.f. 1-6-1950).
7. Ins. by Act 6 of 1968, s. 10 (w.e.f. 1-6-1969).
8. Subs. by Act 5 of 2015, s. 24 (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).