Bank covenants in lieu of deposits
15.—(1)  If, in the case of any insurer, a bank licensed under any written law for the time being in force relating to banking makes with the Authority an agreement in a form approved by the Authority whereby —
(a)the bank covenants to deposit with the Authority a specified sum in cash on account of the insurer’s deposit under section 14A in respect of either class of insurance business; and
(b)the covenant complies with any requirement the Authority sees fit to impose as to the circumstances in which that sum is to be deposited,
then, for the purposes of this Act, the insurer shall be treated as having made the deposit under that section and the sum so covenanted for shall be recoverable notwithstanding that no consideration is furnished on the agreement.
[16/2011 wef 01/05/2011]
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(2)  Any sum deposited by a bank in pursuance of an agreement made under subsection (1) shall be dealt with under or for the purposes of this Act as if it were a sum deposited by the insurer under section 14A.
[16/2011 wef 01/05/2011]