Ch. 31. No. 19.] Assurance Companies.

 

 

Alteration
of forms.

Penalty for
non-com-
plance witb
Ordinance,

Penalty for
falsifving
statements,
etc.

Prosecution
of offences
punishable
by fine.

the Registrar General to be a document so deposited, shall
be deemed to be a document so deposited.

(2) Every document purporting to be certified by
or on behalf of the Registrar General to be a copy of a
document so deposited shall be deemed to be a copy of
that document, and shall be received in evidence as if it
were the original document unless some variation between
it and the original document is proved.

25. The Registrar General may, on the application or
with the consent of an assurance company, alter the
prescribed forms, as respects that company, for the purpose
of adapting them to the circumstances of that company.

Provisions as to offences and service of notices.

26. Any assurance company which makes default in
complying with any of the requirements of this Ordinance
shall be liable to a fine of four hundred and eighty dollars,
or, in the case of a continuing default, to a fine of two
hundred and forty dollars for every day during which
the default continues, and every director, manager or
secretary, or other officer or agent of the company who is
knowingly a party to the default shall be liable to like
fines; and, if default continues for a period of three months
after notice of default by the Registrar General, the default
shall be a ground on which the Court may order the winding
up of the company, in accordance with the Companies
Ordinance.

27. If anv account, balance shect, abstract, statement,
or other document required by this Ordinance is false in
any particular to the knowledge of any person who signs
it, that person shall be liable on conviction on indictment
to imprisonment for two years, or on summary conviction
to a fine of two hundred and forty dollars.

28. All offences under this Ordinance made punishable
by fine may be prosecuted, and such fine may be recovered,
in the manner provided by the Summary Courts Ordinance.