Act Number: 57

Act Name: The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972

Year: 1972

Enactment Date: 1972-09-20

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 31A: Liability of director of specified insurer.
    1[31A. Liability of director of specified insurer.--A director of a specified insurer who is not its whole-time director shall be held liable only in respect of such acts of omission or commission of the specified insurer which had been committed with his knowledge, attributable through board processes, and with his consent or connivance or where he had not acted diligently.
    Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, the reference to board shall include committees of the board.]
Notes:
1 Ins. by Act 37 of 2021, s. 6 (w.e.f. 27-8-2021).
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