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 29: Power to remove difficulties.
    (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty:
     Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of two years from the appointed day.
     (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
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