Act Info:
1 [6. Requirement asto capital
No insurercarrying on the business of life insurance, general insurance or re-insurancein India on or after the commencement of the Insurance Regulatory and DevelopmentAuthority Act,1999, shall beregistered unless he has,--
(i)a paid-up equity capital of rupees one hundred crores, in case of aperson carrying on the business of life insurance or general insurance; or
(ii)a paid-up equity capital of rupees two hundred crores, in case of a personcarrying on exclusively the business as a re-insurer:
Provided that indetermining the paid-up equity capital specified under clause (i) or clause(ii), the deposit to be made under section 7 and any preliminary expenses incurredin the formation and registration of the company shall be excluded:
Provided further that aninsurer carrying on business of life insurance, general insurance orre-insurance in India before the commencement of the Insurance Regulatory andDevelopment Authority Act, 1999 and who is required to be registered under this Act, shallhave a paid-up equity capital in accordance with clause (i) and clause (ii), asthe case may be, within six months of the commencement of that Act.]
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1.Substituted by Act 41 of 1999, section 30 and Schedule I, for section 6 (w.e.f.19-4-2000).