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Motor Vehicle Insurance

Cap. 231 · Revised Edition 2020 · 23 sections

• s. 1Short title
• s. 2Interpretation
• s. 3Obligation on owners of motor vehicles to hold insurance policies against third party risks
• s. 4Requirements in respect of policies
• s. 5Benefits
• s. 6Certain conditions to policies to be of no effect
• s. 7Requirements as to production of certificate of insurance
• s. 8Saving as to preservation of rights in case of death of an insured
• s. 9Rights of third parties against insurers on bankruptcy, etc., of the insured
• s. 10Avoidance of restrictions on scope of policies covering third party risks
• s. 11Duty to give necessary information to third parties
• s. 12Settlement between insurers and insured persons
• s. 13Forgery, etc., of certificate
• s. 14Recovery of penalties
• s. 15Regulations
• s. 16Offences and general penalty
• s. 17Refusing to give name or address or giving false name or address
• s. 18Liability of driver and owner for offences
• s. 19Duty of insurer to satisfy judgments against persons insured in respect of third party risks
• s. 20Bankruptcy, etc., of insured persons not to affect certain claims by third parties
• s. 21Duty of person against whom claims are made to give information as to insurance
• s. 22Duty to surrender certificate on cancellation of policy
• s. 23Jurisdiction of courts