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MVA, 1988
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MVAChapter XISection 148
Section148

Validity of policies of insurance issued in reciprocating countries

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Summary

When India has an arrangement with a reciprocating country and a vehicle registered in that country operates on a route or area common to both, an insurance policy that meets that country’s insurance law will be treated as effective across that route or area as if it complied with this Chapter. This applies despite section 147 and is subject to any rules made under section 164.

Example

Priya drives a delivery van registered in a reciprocating country along a cross-border route shared with India. Her insurance meets that foreign country's legal requirements but not India’s technical form. Under this rule the policy is treated as valid for that shared route as if it met this Chapter, subject to rules under section 164.

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Where, in pursuance of an arrangement between India and any reciprocating country, the motor vehicle registered in the reciprocating country operates on any route or within any area common to the two countries and there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle in the reciprocating country, a policy of insurance complying with the requirements of the law of insurance in force in that country, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 147 but subject to any rules which may be made under section 164, such policy of insurance shall be effective throughout the route or area in respect of which, the arrangement has been made, as if the policy of insurance had complied with the requirements of this Chapter.

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XI

Chapter XI

Insurance of Motor Vehicles Against Third Party Risks

In this chapter

  • 145Definitions
  • 146Necessity for insurance against third party risk
  • 147Requirements of policies and limits of liability
  • 148Validity of policies of insurance issued in reciprocating countries
  • 149Duty of insurers to satisfy judgments and awards against persons insured in respect of third party risks
  • 150Rights of third parties against insurers on insolvency of the insured
  • 151Duty to give information as to insurance
  • 152Settlement between insurers and insured persons
  • 153Saving in respect of sections 150, 151 and 152
  • 154Insolvency of insured persons not to affect liability of insured or claims by third parties
  • 155Effect of death on certain causes of action
  • 156Effect of certificate of insurance
  • 157Transfer of certificate of insurance
  • 158Production of certain certificates, license and permit in certain cases
  • 159Production of certificate of Insurance on application for authority to use vehicle
  • 160Duty to furnish particulars of vehicle involved in accident
  • 161Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor accident
  • 162Refund in certain cases of compensation paid under section 161
  • 163Scheme for payment of compensation in case of hit and run motor accidents
  • 163ASpecial provisions as to payment of compensation on structured formula basis
  • 163BOption to file claim in certain cases
  • 164Power of Central Government to make rules
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