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. ¹[(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.