Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Insurance Act, 1938

Year: 1938

Enactment Date: 1938-02-26

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the business of insurance.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 64V: Assets and liabilities how to be valued.
    1[64V. Assets and liabilities how to be valued. --(1) For the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the provisions of section 64VA, assets shall be valued at value not exceeding their market or realisable value and certain assets may be excluded by the Authority in the manner as may be specified by the regulations made in this behalf.
     (2) A proper value shall be placed on every item of liability of the insurer in the manner as may be specified by the regulations made in this behalf.
     (3) Every insurer shall furnish to the Authority along with the returns required to be filed under this Act, a statement, certified by an Auditor, approved by the Authority, in respect of general insurance business or an actuary approved by the Authority in respect of life insurance business, as the case may be, of his assets and liabilities assessed in the manner required by this section as on the 31st day of March of each year within such time as may be specified by the regulations.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 5 of 2015, s. 83, for sections 64V and 64VA (w.e.f. 26-12-2014).
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