Section 5
Transfer of undertakings of other existing insurers.
The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972
About this Act
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.
(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.
(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.