Act Number: 41

Act Name: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999

Year: 1999

Enactment Date: 1999-12-29

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of an Authority to protect the interests of holders of insurance policies, to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance industry and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and further to amend the Insurance Act, 1938, the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 and the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 18: Power of Central Government to issued directions.
    (1) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this Act, the Authority shall, in exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy, other than those relating to technical and administrative matters, as the Central Government may give in writing to it from time to time:
     Provided that the Authority shall, as far as practicable, be given an opportunity to express its views before any direction is given under this sub-section.
     (2) The decision of the Central Government, whether a question is one of policy or not, shall be final.
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