Insurance Order, 2006 · As enacted
Section 37
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Authority may by notice in writing require an insurer to submit to him the forms of proposal and policy in use by the insurer in Brunei Darussalam, and any brochures which are in use by the insurer for describing the terms or conditions of, or the benefits to be or likely to be derived from such policies; and where the whole or part of any such forms or brochures are not in the Malay or
Authority
"Authority" means such person as is appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under subsection 11) of section 4 to be the Authority for the purposes of this Order;
English language there shall be submitted with them a translation in the Malay or
English language.
A requirement under this section, unless it is otherwise provided therein, shall apply to all such forms and brochures coming into use after the making of the requirement and until the Authority notifies the insurer that the requirement has been withdrawn.
If it appears to the Authority, after affording the insurer an opportunity to make representations orally or in writing, that any such form or brochure contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Order, or is in any respect likely to mislead, he may by notice in writing direct the insurer to discontinue the use of the form or brochure in Brunei Darussalam either forthwith or from a date specified in the notice.
No Brunei Darussalam insurer shall use in the course of carrying on insurance business in Brunei Darussalam a form of proposal which does not have prominently displayed therein a warning that if a proposal does not fully and faithfully give the facts as he knows them or ought to know them, he may receive nothing from the policy.
insurance business
"insurance business" includes the business of effecting and carrying out contracts {a} protecting persons against loss or liability to loss in respect of risks to which such persons may be exposed; or {b) to pay a sum of money or render money and includes reinsurance business;
For each occasion on which any insurer uses a copy of a form or brochure in contravention of subsection (3) or (4), the insurer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
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In this section, "brochure" includes any printed leaflet and advertising material.
Misleading statement, promise, or forecast inducing person to enter into contract of insurance.
Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2"Authority" means such person as is appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under subsection 11) of section 4 to be the Authority for the purposes of this Order;
insurance business
Defined · s 2"insurance business" includes the business of effecting and carrying out contracts {a} protecting persons against loss or liability to loss in respect of risks to which such persons may be exposed; or {b) to pay a sum of money or render money and includes reinsurance business;