¹[2A. Every insurer shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act in relation to any class of insurance business so long as his liabilities in Bangladesh in respect of business of that class remain unsatisfied or not otherwise provided for.

2B. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to an insurer as defined in paragraph (i) or (iii) of sub-clause (a) of clause (9) of section 2 in relation to any class of his insurance business where such insurer has ceased, before the commencement of this Act, to enter into any new contracts of that class of business.]

²[2C. (1) No person other than-(a) a public company, or (b) a society registered under ³[any] law for the time being in force in Bangladesh relating to co-operative societies, or(c) a body corporate incorporated under the law of any country outside Bangladesh not being of the nature of a private company or a subsidiary of a private company,shall start any insurance business in Bangladesh and a person, other than a person specified in clause (a), (b) or (c), who, immediately before the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1958, was carrying on such business in Bangladesh shall, after the expiry of one year from such commencement, discontinue such business. (2) No Mutual Insurance Company which was not registered, before the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1958, for any class of insurance business, shall be registered for any class of general insurance business and no Mutual Insurance Company which was registered, before such commencement, for any class of insurance business, shall, be registered for any additional class of insurance business unless such company satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed. Explanation.- In this section, ÔÇÿMutual Insurance Company' has the meaning assigned to it in Part IV of this Act and includes any company constituted or incorporated outside Bangladesh which is of the nature of a Mutual Insurance Company.]

3. (1) No person shall, after the commencement of this Act, begin to carry on any class of insurance business in Bangladesh, and no insurer carrying on any class of insurance business in Bangladesh shall, after the expiry of three months from the commencement of this Act, continue to carry on any such business, unless he has obtained from the Chief Controller of Insurance a certificate of registration for the particular class of insurance business: Provided that in the case of an insurer who was carrying on any class of insurance business in Bangladesh at the commencement of this Act, failure to obtain a certificate of registration in accordance with the requirements of this sub-section shall not operate to invalidate any contract of insurance entered into by him if before such date as may be fixed in this behalf by the Government by notification in the official Gazette, he has obtained that certificate. ⁴[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no certificate of registration shall be granted by the Chief Controller of Insurance to any person ⁵[* * *] for carrying on any class of insurance business in Bangladesh without the prior permission of the Government.] (2) Every application for registration shall be accompanied by-(a) a certified copy of the memorandum and articles of association, where the applicant is a company and incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913 or under the Indian Companies Act, 1882, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1866, or under any Act repealed thereby, or, in the case of any other insurer specified in sub-clause (a) (ii) or sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2, a certified copy of the deed of partnership or of the deed of constitution of the company, as the case may be, or, in the case of an insurer having his principal place of business or domicile outside Bangladesh, the document specified in clause (a) of section 63;(b) the name, address and the occupation, if any, of the directors where the insurer is a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1882, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1866, or under any Act repealed thereby, and in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (a) (ii) of clause (9) of section 2 the names and addresses of the proprietors and of the manager in Bangladesh, and in any other case the full address of the principal office of the insurer in Bangladesh, and the names of the directors and the manager at such office and the name and address of some one or more persons resident in Bangladesh authorised to accept any notice required to be served on the insurer;(c) a statement of the class or classes of insurance business done or to be done, and a statement that the amount required to be deposited by section 7 or section 98 before application for registration is made has been deposited together with a certificate from the Bangladesh Bank showing the amount deposited;(d) where the provisions of section 6 or 97 apply, a statement duly certified by an auditor showing the total paid up capital or the total working capital of the insurer and a declaration verified by an affidavit made by the principal officer of the insurer authorised in that behalf that the provisions of those sections as to paid up capital or working capital, as the case may be, have been complied with;(e) in the case of an insurer having his principal place of business or domicile outside Bangladesh, a statement verified by an affidavit made by the principal officer of the insurer setting forth the requirements (if any) not applicable to nationals of the country in which such insurer is constituted, incorporated or domiciled which are imposed by the laws or practice of that country upon Bangladesh nationals as a condition of carrying on insurance business in that country;(f) a certified copy of the published prospectus, if any, and of the standard policy forms of the insurer and statements of the assured rates, advantages, terms and conditions to be offered in connection with insurance policies together with a certificate in connection with life insurance business by an actuary that such rates, advantages, terms and conditions are workable and sound:Provided that in the case of marine, accident and miscellaneous insurance business other than workmen's compensation and motor car insurance the Chief Controller of Insurance may exempt any insurer from the above requirements regarding prospectus, forms and statements to such extent and for such period as he may deem fit; and(g) the receipt showing payment in the prescribed manner of the prescribed fee which shall not be more than ⁶[five lakh Taka] for each class of business. (3) In the case of any insurer having his principal place of business or domicile outside Bangladesh, the Chief Controller of Insurance shall withhold registration or shall cancel a registration already made, if he is satisfied that in the country in which such insurer has his principle place of business or domicile Bangladesh nationals are debarred by the law or practice of the country relating to, or applied to insurance from carrying on the business of insurance, or that any requirement imposed on such insurer under the provisions of section 62 is not satisfied. (4) The Chief Controller of Insurance shall cancel the registration of an insurer either wholly or in so far as it relates to a particular class of insurance business, as the case may be,-(a) if the insurer fails to comply with the provisions of section 7 or section 98 as to deposits, or(b) if the insurer is in liquidation or is adjudged an insolvent, or(c) if the business or a class of the business of the insurer has been transferred to any person or has been transferred to or amalgamated with the business of any other insurer, or (d) if the whole of the deposit made in respect of a class of insurance business has been returned to the insurer under section 9; or(e) if, in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (c) of clause (9) of section 2, the standing contract referred to in that sub-clause is cancelled or is suspended and continues to be suspended for a period of six months,and the Chief Controller of Insurance may cancel the registration of an insurer-(f) if the insurer makes default in complying with, or acts in contravention of, any requirement of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder, and(g) if the Chief Controller of Insurance has reason to believe that any claim upon the insurer arising in Bangladesh under any policy of insurance remains unpaid for three months after final judgment in regular course of law. (5) When the Chief Controller of Insurance withholds or cancels any registration under sub-section (3) or clause (a), clause (e), clause (f) or clause (g) of sub-section (4), he shall give notice in writing to the insurer of his decision, and the decision shall take effect on such date as he may specify in that behalf in the notice, such date not being less than one month nor more than two months from the date of the receipt of the notice in the ordinary course of transmission. ⁷[(5A) When the Chief Controller of Insurance cancels any registration under clause (b), clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (4) the cancellation shall take effect on the date on which notice of the order of cancellation is served on the insurer. (5B) When a registration is cancelled the insurer shall not, after the cancellation has taken effect, enter into any new contracts of insurance, but all rights and liabilities in respect of contracts of insurance entered into by him before such cancellation takes effect shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (5D), continue as if the cancellation had not taken place. (5C) Where a registration is cancelled under clause (a), clause (e), clause (f), or clause (g) of sub-section (4), the Chief Controller of Insurance may at his discretion revive theregistration, if the insurer makes the deposits required by section 7 or section 98, or has his standing contract restored or has had an application under sub-section (4) of section 3A accepted, or satisfies the Chief Controller of Insurance that no claim upon him such as is referred to in clause (g) of sub-section (4) remains unpaid or that he has complied with the requirement for the non-compliance or contravention of which the registration was cancelled under clause (f) of sub-section (4), as the case may be, and complies with any directions which may be given to him by the Chief Controller of Insurance. (5D) Where the registration of an insurance company is cancelled under sub-section (4), the Chief Controller of Insurance may, after the expiry of six months from the date on which the cancellation took effect, apply to the Court for an order to wind up the insurance company, or to wind up the affairs of the company in respect of a class of insurance business, unless the registration of the insurance company has been revived under sub-section (5C) or an application for winding up the company has been already presented to the Court. The Court may proceed as if an application under this sub-section were an application under sub-section (2) of section 53, or sub-section (1) of section 58, as the case may be.] (6) Subject to compliance with the provisions of sections 2C, 5, sub-section (2A) of section 10 and section 32 and of any order made under section 3B, the Chief Controller of Insurance shall, on being satisfied that the applicant has fulfilled all the requirements of this section applicable to him, register the insurer and grant him a certificate of registration. (7) The Chief Controller of Insurance may, on payment of the prescribed fee which shall not exceed ⁸[five hundred Taka], issue a duplicate certificate of registration to replace a certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated, or in any other case where he is of opinion that the issue of a duplicate certificate is necessary.

⁹[3A. (1) An insurer who has been granted a certificate of registration under section 3 shall have the registration renewed annually for each year. (2) An application for the renewal of a registration for any year shall be made by the insurer to the Chief Controller of Insurance before the 31st day of December of the preceding year, and shall be accompanied as provided in sub-section (3) by evidence of payment of a fee of ¹⁰[three Taka and fifty poisha] per thousand of gross direct premium written in Bangladesh during the year preceding the year ending on the said date. (2A) and (2B) [Omitted by section 3 of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance 1984 (Ordinance No. L of 1984.] (3) The prescribed fee for the renewal of a registration for any year shall be paid into the Bangladesh Bank or, where there is no office of that Bank, into the ¹¹[Sonali Bank] acting as the agent of that Bank, or into any Government treasury, and the receipt shall be sent along with the application for renewal of the registration. (4) If an insurer fails to apply for renewal of registration before the date specified in sub-section (2) the Chief Controller of Insurance may, so long as an application to the Court under sub-section (5D) of section 3 has not been made, accept an application for renewal of the registration on receipt from the insurer of the fee payable with the application and such penalty, not exceeding the prescribed fee payable by him as the Chief Controller of Insurance may require: Provided that an appeal shall lie to the Government from an order passed by the Chief Controller of Insurance imposing a penalty on the insurer. (5) The Chief Controller of Insurance shall, on fulfilment by the insurer of the requirements of this section, renew the registration and grant him a certificate of renewal of registration.]

¹²[3BBB. The Chief Controller of Insurance shall, at intervals of not less than one year, determine, in consultation with the insurers carrying on general insurance business, the rates of premium for such insurance business.]

3F. No insurer shall offer any policy or contract in respect of life insurance business other than those described in the prospectus filed with the Chief Controller of Insurance under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of section 3 or any amendment to such prospectus filed with the Chief Controller of Insurance under section 26 under he files with the Chief Controller the rates, advantages and terms and conditions of such policy or contract.]

¹³[3AA. (1) After the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, no person shall be registered as an insurer-(a) for life insurance business and specified miscellaneous insurance business if he seeks registration for any class of general insurance business; or(b) for general insurance business other than specified miscellaneous insurance business if he seeks registration for life insurance business. (2) No insurer registered before the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, for life insurance business and also for any class of general insurance business shall, after the expiry of five years from such commencement, transact both types of business: Provided that the Government may, on the application of an insurer, from time to time extend the said period of five years by such further period, not exceeding two years in the aggregate, as it may deem fit. (3) An insurer who, immediately before the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, was transacting both life insurance business and general insurance business shall, as soon as practicable, submit for the sanction of the Chief Controller of Insurance a scheme for the separation, transfer or winding up of either type of its business. (4) The Chief Controller of Insurance shall, upon receipt of a scheme under sub-section (3), refer it for approval to the Government suggesting such modifications therein as he may consider necessary for protecting the interests of the policy-holders and shall,-(a) if the scheme is approved by the Government with or without any modification, sanction the scheme accordingly; and(b) if it is not approved by the Government, return it to the insurer for submission of a fresh scheme. (5) Where a scheme of an insurer is sanctioned under sub-section (4), with or without modification, the insurer shall separate, transfer or wind up his business according to the scheme as sanctioned. (6) Where any scheme sanctioned under sub-section (4) involves the establishment of a new insurance company, the Government shall give its consent under the Capital Issues (Continuance of Control) Act, 1947 (XXIX of 1947), to the issue of such capital as may be necessary for the establishment of such company. (7) No insurer transacting life insurance business shall, after the expiry of five years from the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 or of the period by which the said period of five years is extended under the proviso to sub-section (2), employ in any capacity any officer employed by an insurer transaction general insurance business. Explanation.- In this sub-section, “officer” means any person, whosoever designated, who is responsible for the conduct of any business, or the management of any of the affairs, of the insurer.]

¹⁴[3B. If, when considering an application for registration under section 3 or at any other time, it appears to the Chief Controller of Insurance that the rates, advantages, terms and conditions offered or to be offered in connection with, or any class, condition or warranty in, any proposal, policy or other forms of any class or sub-class of insurance business are in any respect not workable or sound or are in any respect unrealistic or un-reasonable in relation to the general experience of the business of that class or sub-class in Bangladesh or any provision in the memorandum and Articles of Association or the instrument constituting or defining the constitution of the insurer is objectionable or that the reinsurance arrangements of the insurer are not adequate, he may, by order in writing and after giving the insurer an opportunity of being heard, issue such directions to the insurer or require the insurer to make within such time as may be specified in the order such modifications, additions, or omissions in the said rates, advantages, terms, conditions, clauses, warranties, memorandum and articles of association, instrument or reinsurance arrangements as he may think necessary: Provided that no directions under this section shall be issued without the prior approval of the Government to an insurer already registered under this Act.]

¹⁵[3BB. (1) The Chief Controller of Insurance shall, at intervals of not less than five years,-(a) prepare mortality tables indicating the average rate of mortality of the policy-holders;(b) prepare statement of yield indicating the range of rates of interest or yield on the investment of the insurers' funds; and (c) lay down the level of expenses of procurement and management of an insurer. (2) The Chief Controller of Insurance may direct an insurer to furnish such information as the Chief Controller may require for the purpose of preparing the mortality table and the statement of yield and laying down the level of expenses under sub-section (1); and every insurer shall comply with such direction. (3) The mortality table, the statement of yield and the level of expenses prepared and laid down under sub-section (1) shall be published in the official Gazette. (4) Every insurer shall, on the basis of the current mortality table, the statement of yield and the level of expenses published under sub-section (3),-(a) determine the rates of premium for non-participating policies issued by him; and(b) review and, if necessary, make consequential adjustments in, the rates of premium in the participating policies and submit to the Chief Controller of Insurance a statement indicating such adjustments.]

¹⁶[3C. (1) Every insurer shall declare to the Chief Controller of Insurance the total amount of premiums including agents' balances in respect of fire, marine and miscellaneous insurance business outstanding on the first day of February, 1958, and shall recover the same within such time as may be allowed and comply with such directions as may be given, by the Chief Controller. (2) Every insurance agent and every employer of agents shall, within such time as may be allowed to him by the Chief Controller of Insurance, pay to the insurer for whom he has been acting as an insurance agent or employer of agents, all amounts due to the insurer on account of the premiums in respect of general insurance business received by him on behalf of the insurer and outstanding against him as on the first day of February, 1958. (3) No insurer shall write off any premium in respect of general insurance business which was outstanding on the first day of February, 1958, without the prior approval of the Chief Controller of Insurance. (4) No insurer shall assume in Bangladesh any risk in respect of general insurance business unless and until the premium payable or such part thereof as may be prescribed, has been received by him or has been guaranteed to be paid by such person in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed. (5) Any refund of premium which may become due to the insured on account of the cancellation of a policy of general insurance or alteration in its terms and conditions shall be paid directly to the insured by a crossed or order cheque or by money-order and a proper receipt shall be obtained from the insured, and such refund shall in no case be credited to the account of the agent.

¹⁷[3E. (1) No insurer shall, after the expiry of six months from the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, transact any business at any of his branches or offices, other than the head office, unless he has obtained a licence from the Chief Controller of Insurance for each such branch or office; and the Chief Controller of Insurance shall, upon an application made in this behalf and payment of the prescribed fee, grant such licence. (2) No insurer shall, after the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, open a new branch or office unless he has obtained a licence for such branch or office from the Chief Controller of Insurance. (3) Application for a licence under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be made in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by a prescribed fee which shall not be more than ¹⁸[twenty-thousand Taka]. (4) The Chief Controller of Insurance may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse a licence under sub-section (2) to open a new branch or office and, if he so refuses, shallcommunicate his decision in writing to the applicant within six weeks from the date of the application. (5) An insurer to whom a licence to open a new branch or office has been refused by the Chief Controller may prefer an appeal against the refusal to the Government whose decision on such appeal shall be final. (6) Where a licence to open a new branch or office has been refused, no fresh application for a licence to open such branch or office shall be entertained within a period of one year from such refusal.

3D. (1) No insurer shall reinsure outside Bangladesh any insurance business or any part thereof underwritten by him in Bangladesh which is in excess of its treaty reinsurance arrangement unless a certificate has been obtained from the Chief Controller to the effect that such excess cannot be placed within Bangladesh. ¹⁹[* * *] Explanation I.- For the purposes of this sub-section a reinsurance arrangement shall not be deemed to be a treaty reinsurance arrangement if such arrangement operates in a casual manner and in determining whether a particular reinsurance arrangement is a treaty reinsurance arrangement or not, the decision of the Chief Controller of Insurance shall be final. Explanation II.- For the purposes of this sub-section a reinsurance arrangement in respect of life insurance business entered into by an insurer domiciled elsewhere than in Bangladesh with his head office shall be deemed to be treaty reinsurance arrangement to the extent determined by the Chief Controller of Insurance. (2) No person shall insure outside Bangladesh any risk or any part thereof in respect of any property or interests in Bangladesh unless a certificate has been obtained from the Chief Controller to the effect that the risk in question cannot be insured in Bangladesh: Provided that the Chief Controller may grant an exemption to any person from the requirements of this sub-section in respect of such property or interests and for such period as he may deem fit. (3) The Chief Controller shall, if he refuses a certificate under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), communicate his decision in writing to the applicant for the certificate, within one month from the date of the application. (4) Every insurer shall submit, in the prescribed manner, to the Chief Controller of Insurance before the expiry of six months from the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, a certified statement giving salient features of his reinsurance arrangement in respect of his business in Bangladesh and such other information about the reinsurance treaty as may be required by the Chief Controller. (5) Where any reinsurance treaty the particulars of which have been submitted to the Chief Controller of Insurance under sub-section (4) is altered or any new reinsurance arrangement is made after the submission of the information under sub-section (4), the insurer concerned shall submit to the Chief Controller, in the prescribed manner, a report giving the particulars or such alteration in the treaty of such reinsurance arrangement within one month of such alteration or arrangement and shall submit such further information or clarification as the Chief Controller may require. (6) The Chief Controller of Insurance may, after examining the statement submitted under sub-section (4) and the report, if any, submitted under sub-section (5), and giving the insurer an opportunity of being heard, for reasons to be recorded in writing, direct the insurer to make such modifications in his reinsurance treaty or reinsurance arrangement as the Chief Controller may specify. (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Government may require insurers to reinsure within Bangladesh with reinsurers approved for this purpose, or among themselves, such proportion of the insurance business or such proportion of the reinsurance treaties as may be prescribed.]

4. [Minimum limits for annuities and other benefits secured by policies of life insurance.- Omitted by section 8 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1958 (Act No. XXVII of 1958).]

5. (1) An insurer shall not be registered by a name identical with that by which an insurer in existence is already registered, or so nearly resembling that name as to be calculated to deceive except when the insurer in existing is in the course of being dissolved and signifies his consent to the Chief Controller of Insurance. (2) If any insurer, through inadvertence or otherwise, is without such consent as aforesaid registered by a name identical with that by which an insurer already in existence whether previously registered or not is carrying on business or so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, the first-mentioned insurer shall, if called upon to do so by the Chief Controller of Insurance on the application of the second-mentioned insurer, change his name within a time to be fixed by the Chief Controller of Insurance: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any insurer carrying on business before the 27th day of January, 1937, under the Indian Life Insurance Companies Act, 1912: Provided further that in the application of this section to any insurer who begins to carry on insurance business after the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1946, the references to an insurer in existence in sub-section (1) and this sub-section shall be construed as including references to a provident society (as defined in Part III) in existence, whether or not the society is in the course of being dissolved. (3) No insurer other than a provident society as defined in Part III, who begins to carry on insurance business after the commencement of this Act, shall adopt as its name and so such insurer carrying on business before the commencement of this Act shall continue after the expiry of six months from the commencement thereof to use as its name any combination of words which includes the word “provident”.

²⁰[6. (1) No insurer, other than an insurer who was transacting any class of insurance business in Bangladesh immediately before the commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (L of 1984), shall be registered after such commencement for transacting any class of insurance business unless he has a paid-up capital of not less than the amount specified in the Seventh Schedule and his shares have been subscribed in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, relax the provision of this section relating to the amount of paid-up capital, subject to such conditions as it deems fit to specify, for a period not exceeding three years from the date of commencement of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (L of 1984).]

7. ²¹[(1) Every insurer shall deposit, at the time of making application for registration, and keep deposited with the Bangladesh Bank, for and on behalf of the Government, the amount specified in the Seventh Schedule, either in cash or in approved securities estimated at the market value of the securities on the day of the deposit, or partly in cash and partly in approved securities so estimated.] (2) [Omitted by section 6 of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. L of 1984).] (3) and (4) [Omitted by section 10 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1958 (Act No. XXVII of 1958).] (5) and (6) [Omitted by section 6 of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. L of 1984).] (7) [Omitted by section 10 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1958 (Act No. XXVII of 1958).] (8) A deposit made in cash shall be held by the Bangladesh Bank to the credit of the insurer and shall except to the extent, if any, to which the cash has been invested in securities under sub-section (9A), be returnable to the insurer in cash in any case in which under the provisions of this Act a deposit is to be returned; and any interest accruing due and collected on securities deposited under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be paid to the insurer, subject only to deduction of the normal commission chargeable for the realisation of interest. ²²[(9) The insurer may at any time replace any securities deposited by him under this section with the Bangladesh Bank either by cash or by other approved securities or partly by cash and partly by other approved securities, provided that such cash, or the value of such other approved securities estimated at the market rates prevailing at the time of replacement, or such cash together with such value, as the case may be, is not less than the value of the securities replaced estimated at the market rates prevailing when they were deposited. (9A) The Bangladesh Bank shall, if so requested by the insurer,- (a) sell any securities deposited by him with the Bank under this section and hold the cash realised by such sale as deposit, or (b) invest in approved securities specified by the insurer the whole or any part of a deposit held by it in cash or the whole or any part of cash received by it on the sale of or on the maturing of securities deposited by the insurer, and hold the securities in which investment is so made as deposit, and may charge the normal commission on such sale or on such investment. (9B) Where sub-section (9A) applies,- (a) If the cash realised by the sale of or on the maturing of the securities (excluding in the former case the interest accrued) falls short of the market value of the securities at the date on which they were deposited with the Bank, the insurer shall make good the deficiency by a further deposit either in cash or in approved securities estimated at the market value of the securities on the day on which they are deposited, or partly in cash and partly in approved securities so estimated, within a period of two months from the date on which the securities matured or were sold and unless he does so the insurer shall be deemed to have failed to comply with the requirements of this section as to deposits; and (b) if the cash realised by the sale of or on the maturing of the securities (excluding in the former case the interest accrued) exceeds the market value of the securities at the date on which they were deposited with the Bank, the Government may, if satisfied that the full amount required to be deposited under sub-section (1) is in deposit, direct the Bangladesh Bank to return the excess.] (10) If any part of a deposit made under this section is used in the discharge of any liability of the insurer, the insurer shall deposit such additional sum in cash or approved securities estimated at the market value of the securities on the day of deposit, or partly in cash and partly in such securities, as will make up the amount so used. The insurer shall be deemed to have failed to comply with the requirements of sub-section (1), unless the deficiency is supplied within a period of two months from the date when the deposit or any part thereof is so used for discharge of liabilities.

8. (1) Any deposit made under section 7 or section 98 shall be deemed to be part of the assets of the insurer but shall not be susceptible of any assignment or charge; nor shall it be available for the discharge of any liability of the insurer other than liabilities arising out of policies of insurance issued by the insurer so long as any such liabilities remain undischarged; nor shall it be liable to attachment in execution of any decree except a decree obtained by a policy-holder of the insurer in respect of a debt due upon a policy which debt the policy-holder has failed to realise in any other way. (2) Where a deposit is made in respect of life insurance business the deposit made in respect thereof shall not be available for the discharge of any liability of the insurer other than liabilities arising out of policies of life insurance issued by the insurer.

9. (1) Where an insurer has ceased to carry on in Bangladesh any class of insurance business in respect of which a deposit has been made under section 7 or section 98 and his liabilities in Bangladesh in respect of business of that class have been satisfied or are otherwise provided for, the Court may, on the application of the insurer, order the return to the insurer of so much of the deposit as does not relate to the classes of insurance, if any, which he continues to carry on. (2) [Omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).]

10. (1) Where the insurer carries on business of more than one of the classes specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 7, he shall keep a separate account of all receipts and payments in respect of each such class of insurance business and where the insurer carries on business of the class specified in clause (d) of that sub-section whether alone or in conjunction with business of another class, he shall, unless the Chief Controller of Insurance waives this requirement in writing, keep a separate account of all receipts and payments in respect of each such sub-class of the class specified in clause (d) as may be prescribed in this behalf. (2) Where the insurer carries on the business of life insurance, all receipts due in respect of such business, shall be carried to and shall form a separate fund to be called the life insurance fund the assets of which shall be kept free from all encumbrances and distinct and separate from all other assets of the insurer and the deposit made by the insurer in respect of life insurance business shall be deemed to be a part to the assets of such fund; and every insurer shall furnish to the Chief Controller of Insurance along with the returns referred to in section 11, a statement showing in detail such assets as at the close of every calendar year duly certified by an auditor: Provided that an insurer may show in such statement all the assets held in his life department and any deductions on account of general reserves and other liabilities of that department: Provided further that the Chief Controller may call for a statement similarly certified of such assets as at any other date specified by him to be furnished within a period of three months from the date with reference to which the statement is called for. ²³[(2A) No insurer carrying on life insurance business shall be entitled to be registered for any class of insurance business in addition to the class or classes for which he has been already registered unless the Chief Controller of Insurance is satisfied that the assets of the life insurance fund of the insurer are adequate to meet all his liabilities on policies of life insurance maturing for payment.] (3) The life insurance fund shall be as absolutely the security of the life policy-holders as though it belonged to an insurer carrying on no other business than life insurance business and shall not be liable for any contracts of the insurer for which it would not have been liable had the business of the insurer been only that of life insurance and shall not be applied directly or indirectly for any purposes other than those of the life insurance business of the insurer.

11. (1) Every insurer, in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (a) (ii) or sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 in respect of all insurance business transacted by him, and in the case of any other insurer in respect of the insurance business transacted by him in Bangladesh, shall at the expiration of each calendar year prepare with reference to that year-(a) in accordance with the regulations contained in Part I of the First Schedule, a balance-sheet in the form set forth in Part II of that Schedule;(b) in accordance with the regulations contained in Part I of the Second Schedule, a profit and loss account in the forms set forth in Part II of that Schedule, except where the insurer carries on business of one class only of the classes specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 7 and no other business;(c) in respect of each class or sub-class of insurance business for which he is required under sub-section (1) of section 10 to keep a separate account of receipts and payments, a revenue account in accordance with the regulations, and in the form or forms, set forth in the Third Schedule applicable to that class or sub-class of insurance business. (2) Unless the insurer is a company as defined in clause (2) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 1913, the accounts and statements referred to in sub-section (1) shall be signed by the insurer, or in the case of a company by the chairman, if any, and two directors and the principal officer of the company, or in the case of a firm by two partners of the firm and shall be accompanied by a statement containing the names and descriptions of the persons in charge of the management of the business during the period to which such accounts and statements refer and by a report by such persons on the affairs of the business during that period.

12. The balance-sheet, profit and loss account, revenue account and profit and loss appropriation account of every insurer, in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (a)(ii) or sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 in respect of all insurance business transacted by him, and in the case of any other insurer in respect of the insurance business transacted by him in Bangladesh, shall, unless they are subject to audit under the Companies Act, 1913, be audited annually by an auditor, and the auditor shall in the audit of all such accounts have the powers of, exercise the functions vested in, and discharge the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties imposed on, auditors of companies by section 145 of the Companies Act, 1913.

²⁴[12A. (1) The books and records of every insurer, in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (a) (ii) or sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 in respect of all insurance business transacted by him, and in the case of any other insurer in respect of the insurance business transacted by him in Bangladesh, shall be audited annually by an auditor or auditors to be appointed every year by the Chief Controller of Insurance for making such investigation and submitting such reports as may be prescribed: Provided that the auditor or any of the auditors appointed under this section for any year of account shall not be the auditor or auditors employed by the insurer for an audit under the Companies Act, 1913 or under section 12 of this Act for that year of account. (2) An auditor appointed under this section shall have a right of access to all such books of account, registers, vouchers, correspondence and other documents of the insurer, and shall be entitled to require from the directors and officers of the insurer such information and explanation, as may be necessary for the performance of his function and duties under this section. (3) Every report prepared by an auditor or auditors appointed under this section shall be submitted in quadruplicate to the Chief Controller who may take such action thereon in accordance with the provisions of this Act as he deems fit. (4) An auditor appointed under this section shall be paid by the insurer such fees as may be prescribed and in prescribing such fees regard shall be had to the size of the insurer and the class or classes of business transacted by him. (5) The fee payable by an insurer under sub-section (4) shall be paid to the auditor within such time as may be specified by the Chief Controller.]

13. (1) Every insurer carrying on life insurance business shall, in respect of the life insurance business transacted by him in Bangladesh, and also in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (a) (ii) or sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 in respect of all life insurance business transacted by him, once at least in every ²⁵[two] years cause an investigation to be made by an actuary into the financial condition of the life insurance business carried on by him, including a violation of his liabilities in respect thereto and shall cause an abstract of the report of such actuary to be made in accordance with the regulations contained in Part I of the Fourth Schedule and in conformity with the requirements of Part II of that Schedule. (1A) and (1B) [Omitted by section 7 of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. L of 1984).] (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) regarding the making of an abstract shall apply whenever at any other time an investigation into the financial condition of the insurer is made with a view to the distribution of profits or an investigation is made of which the results are made public. (3) There shall be appended to every such abstract as is referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) a certificate signed by the principal officer of the insurer that full and accurate particulars of every policy under which there is a liability either actual or contingent have been furnished to the actuary for the purpose of the investigation. (4) There shall be appended to every such abstract a statement, in conformity with the requirements of Part II of the Fifth Schedule and prepared in accordance with the regulations contained in Part I of that Schedule, of the life insurance business in force at the date which the accounts of the insurer are made up for the purposes of such abstract: Provided that, if the investigation, referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) is made annually by any insurer, the statement need not be appended every year but shall be appended at least once in every three years. (5) Where an investigation into the financial condition of an insurer is made as at a date other than the expiration of the year of account, the accounts for the period since the expiration of the last year of account and the balance-sheet as at the date at which the investigation is made shall be prepared and audited in the manner provided by this Act. (6) The provisions of this section relating to life insurance business shall apply also to any such sub-class of miscellaneous insurance business as may be prescribed in this behalf: Provided that no sub-class of miscellaneous insurance business shall be prescribed under this sub-section if the insurance business comprised in the sub-class consists of insurance contracts which are terminable by the insurer at intervals not exceeding twelve months and under which if a claim arises, the insurer's liability to pay benefit ceases within one year of the date on which the claim arose: Provided further that the Chief Controller of Insurance may authorise such modifications and variations of the regulations contained in Part I of the Fourth and Fifth Schedules and of the requirements of Part II of those Schedules as may be necessary to facilitate their application to any such sub-class of miscellaneous insurance business: Provided also that if the Chief Controller of Insurance is satisfied that the number and amount of the transactions carried out by an insurer in any such sub-class of miscellaneous insurance business is so small as to render periodical valuation unnecessary, he may exempt that insurer from the operation of this sub-section in respect of that sub-class. (7) The valuation of liabilities under sub-section (1) shall be carried out in such a manner and on such basis that the actuarial reserves calculated in that manner and on that basis are not less than the actuarial reserves calculated in the manner and on the basis laid down by the Chief Controller of Insurance in this behalf.

14. Every insurer, in the case of an insurer specified in sub-clause (a) (ii) or sub-clause (b) of clause (9) of section 2 in respect of all business transacted by him, and in the case of any other insurer in respect of the insurance business transacted by him in Bangladesh, shall maintain-(a) a register or record of policies, in which shall be entered, in respect of every policy issued by the insurer, the name and address of the policy-holder, the date when the policy was effected and a record of any transfer, assignment or nomination of which the insurer has notice, and(b) a register or record of claims, in which shall be entered every claim made together with the date of the claim, the name and address of the claimant and the date on which the claim was discharged, or, in the case of a claim which is rejected, the date of rejection and the grounds therefore.

15. (1) The audited accounts and statements referred to in section 11 or sub-section (5) of section 13 and the abstract and statement referred to in section 13 shall be printed, and four copies thereof shall be furnished as returns to the Chief Controller of Insurance in the case of the accounts and statements referred to in section 11 or sub-section (5) of section 13 within six months and in the case of the abstract and statement referred to in section 13 within nine months from the end of the period to which they refer: Provided that the said period of six months shall in the case of insurers having their principal place of business or domicile outside Bangladesh and in the case of insurers constituted, incorporated or domiciled in Bangladesh but also carrying on business outside Bangladesh be extended by three months, and provided further that the Chief Controller may in any case extend the time allowed by this sub-section for the furnishing of such returns by a further period not exceeding one month. (2) Of the four copies so furnished one shall be signed in the case of a company by the Chairman and two directors and by the principal officer of the company and, if the company has a managing director by that director in the case of a firm, by two partners of the firm, and, in the case of an insurer being an individual, by the insurer himself and one shall be signed by the auditor who made the audit or the actuary who made the valuation, as the case may be. (3) Where the insurer's principal place of business or domicile is outside Bangladesh, he shall forward to the Chief Controller of Insurance, along with the documents referred to in section 11, the balance-sheet, profit and loss account and revenue account and the valuation reports and valuation statements, if any, which the insurer is required to file with the public authority of the country in which the insurer is constituted, incorporated or domiciled, or, where such documents are not required to be filed, a certified statement showing the total assets and liabilities of the insurer at the close of the period covered by the said documents and his total income and expenditure during that period.

16. [Returns by insurers established outside the Provinces etc.- Omitted by section 16 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1958 (Act No. XXVII of 1958).]

17A. [This Act not to apply to preparation of accounts, etc. for periods prior to this Act coming into force.- Omitted by section 17 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1958 (Act No. XXVII of 1958). ]

17. Where an insurer, being a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913 or under the Indian Companies Act, 1882, or under the Indian Companies Act, 1866, or under any Act repealed thereby, in any year furnishes his balance sheet and accounts in accordance with the provisions of section 15, he may at the same time send to the Registrar of Companies copies of such balance-sheet and accounts; and where such copies are so sent it shall not be necessary for the company to file copies of the balance-sheet and accounts with the Registrar as required by sub-section (1) of section 134 of the first mentioned Act and such copies so sent shall be chargeable with the same fees and shall be dealt with in all respects as if they were filed in accordance with that section.

18. Every insurer shall furnish to the Chief Controller of Insurance a certified copy of every report on the affairs of the concern which is submitted to the members or policy-holders of the insurer immediately after its submission to the members or policy-holders as the case may be.

19. Every insurer, being a company or body incorporated under any law for the time being in force in Bangladesh, shall furnish to the Chief Controller of Insurance a certified copy of the minutes of the proceedings of every general meeting as entered in the Minutes Book of the insurer within thirty days from the holding of the meeting to which it relates.

20. (1) Every return furnished to the Chief Controller of Insurance or a certified copy thereof shall be kept by the Chief Controller and shall be open to inspection; and any person may procure a copy of any such return, or of any part thereof, on payment of a fee of ²⁶[two Taka] for every hundred words or fractional part thereof required to be copied, any five figures being deemed equivalent to one word. (2) A printed or certified copy of the accounts, statements and abstract furnished in accordance with the provisions of section 15 shall, on the application of any shareholder or policy-holder made at any time within two years from the date on which the document was so furnished, be supplied to him by the insurer within fourteen days when the insurer is constituted, incorporated or domiciled in Bangladesh and in any other case within one month of such application. (3) A copy of the memorandum and Articles of Association of the insurer, if a company, shall on the application of any policy-holder, be supplied to him by the insurer on payment of one Taka.

21. (1) If it appears to the Chief Controller of Insurance that any return furnished to him under the provisions of this Act is inaccurate or defective in any respect, he may-(a) require from the insurer such further information, certified if he so directs by an auditor or actuary, as he may consider necessary to correct or supplement such return;(b) call upon the insurer to submit for his examination at the principal place of business of the insurer in Bangladesh any book of account, register or other document or to supply any statement which he may specify in a notice served on the insurer for the purpose;(c) examine any officer of the insurer on oath in relation to the return;(d) decline to accept any such return unless the inaccuracy has been corrected or the deficiency has been supplied before the expiry of one month from the date on which the requisition asking for correction of the inaccuracy or supply of the deficiency was delivered to the insurer and if he declines to accept any such return, the insurer shall be deemed to have failed to comply with the provisions of section 15 or section 28 relating to the furnishing of returns. (2) [Omitted by section 11 of the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (Ordinance No. XXV of 1970).]

22. (1) If it appears to the Chief Controller of Insurance that an investigation or valuation to which section 13 refers does not properly indicate the condition of the affairs of the insurer by reason of the faulty basis adopted in the valuation, he may, after giving notice to the insurer and giving him an opportunity to be heard, cause an investigation and valuation as at such date as the Chief Controller of Insurance may specify to be made at the expense of the insurer by an actuary appointed by the insurer for this purpose and approved by the Chief Controller of Insurance and the insurer shall place at the disposal of the actuary so appointed and approved all the material required by the actuary for the purposes of the investigation and valuation within such period, not being less than three months, as the Chief Controller of Insurance may specify. (2) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (4) of section 13, and of sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 15 shall apply in relation to an investigation and valuation under this section: Provided that the abstract and statement prepared as the result of such investigation and valuation shall be furnished by such date as the Chief Controller of Insurance may specify.

23. (1) Every return furnished to the Chief Controller of Insurance, which has been certified by the Chief Controller to be a return so furnished, shall be deemed to be a return so furnished. (2) Every document, purporting to be certified by the Chief Controller of Insurance, to be a copy of a return so furnished, shall be deemed to be a copy of that return and shall be received in evidence as if it were the original return, unless some variation between it and the original return is proved.

24. [Summary of returns to be published.- Omitted by section 16 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1941 (Act No. XIII of 1941).]

25. (1) No insurer shall,-(a) make, issue, circulate or cause to be made, issued or circulated, any estimate, illustration, circular or statement misrepresenting the terms of any policy issued or to be issued or the benefits or advantages promised thereby or the bonuses, shareholders' dividends or share of the surplus to be received thereon, or make any false or misleading statement as to be bonuses, shareholders' dividends or share of surplus previously paid on similar policies or make any misleading representation or any misrepresentation as to the financial condition of any insurer or use any name or title of any policy or class of policies misrepresenting the true nature thereof or make any misrepresentation to any policy-holder insured in any company for the purpose of inducing or tending to induce such policy-holder to lapse, forfeit or surrender his insurance; and(b) make, publish, disseminate, circulate or place before the public, or cause, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before the public in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter or poster or in any other manner an advertisement, announcement or statement containing any assertion, representation or statement with respect to the business of insurance, or the financial position of any insurer or with respect to any person in the conduct of his insurance business, which is false, untrue, deceptive, misleading or calculated to injure any person engaged in the business of insurance: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall prevent an insurer from publishing any return in a form in which it has been furnished to the Chief Controller of Insurance or a true and accurate abstract from such returns or any other factual statement for the purposes of publicity.

26. Whenever any alteration occurs or is made which affects any of the matters which are required under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 to accompany an application by an insurer for registration, the insurer shall forthwith furnish to the Chief Controller of Insurance full particulars of such alteration. All such particulars shall be authenticated in the manner required by that sub-section for the authentication of the matters therein referred to, and, where the alteration affects the assured rates, advantages, terms and conditions offered in connection with life insurance policies, the actuarial certificate referred to in clause (f) of the said sub-section shall accompany the particulars of the alteration.