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Control Of Insurance Act (No. 25 of 1962) - Sect 33

Restriction on the employment under certain conditions of persons in the capacity of managers or officers in charge of the business of insurers. Cap. 145

33.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Companies Ordinance or in the articles of association of an insurer, where such insurer is a company, or in any contract or agreement, no insurer shall after the expiry of six months after the appointed date be directed or managed by, or employ as manager or officer in any capacity, any person whose remuneration or any part thereof takes the form of commission or bonus or a share in the valuation surplus in respect of the life assurance business of the insurer:
(2) Notwithstanding anything in the Companies Ordinance or in the articles of association of an insurer, where such insurer is a company, or in any contract or agreement, no manager, managing director or any other person concerned in the management of an insurer's business shall be entitled to nominate a successor to his office, and no person so nominated, whether before or after the appointed date, shall be entitled to hold or to continue to hold such office.
(3) If, in the case of any insurance company, provision is made by the articles of association of the company or by an agreement entered into between any person and the company for empowering a director or manager or other officer of the company to assign his office to any other person, any assignment of office made in pursuance of the said provision, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the said provision or in the Companies Ordinance, be void.
(4) No person shall have any right, whether in contract or otherwise, to any compensation for any loss incurred by reason of the operation of any provision of this section.


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