INSURANCE COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
section 40 of the principal Ordinance is required, as otherwise he would be unable to withdraw the authorization of an authorized insurer in respect of part of a class of insurance business. Clause 2(d) makes a consequential amendment to section 5(1) of the principal Ordinance in respect of the matters to be kept in the register of authorized insurers.
4. Clause 6 inserts a new Part VIIIA. New section 53A(1) creates a general prohibition against the disclosure of information obtained under the principal Ordinance. New section 53A(2) and (3) specifies in what circum- stances and, in some cases, to whom such information may be disclosed notwithstanding that general prohibition. New section 53B empowers the Insurance Authority to disclose information on matters relating to the affairs of certain insurers to insurance supervisory authorities outside Hong Kong which are, in the opinion of the Insurance Authority, subject to adequate secrecy restrictions. New section 53C requires offices and agencies of authorized insurers in Hong Kong to permit certain insurance super- visory authorities outside Hong Kong to examine their books, account and transactions in Hong Kong if the Insurance Authority has given approval for such examination.
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Clause 7 is transitional. It provides that the new matters required to be kept in the register of authorized insurers by the amendment made by clause 2(a) to section 5(1)(b) of the principal Ordinance shall be kept in respect of all authorized insurers, notwithstanding that any such insurer may have been authorized before the commencement of the Bill.
6. The Bill has no Public Service staffing or public expenditure implications.
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1988年保險公司(修訂)條例草案
本條例草案目的在
摘要說明
刪除原有條例第12條有關5年有效期的規定,該項規定目前適用於保 險業監督根據原有條例第8(1)(a)條核准一間公司經營任何一類或各類保 險業務時所訂條件;
修訂原有條例第40條,從而授權保險業監督在若干情況下,可指令中 一位認可承保人的認可資格,使不能繼續經營保險業務內某類保險的 部分業務;以及
在原有條例內加插新訂的第VIII A部,從而規定:除在若干指定情況 下,以及,在某些時候,對若干指定人士外,根據原有條例取得的資 料,不得予以透露。
2. 草案第3條撤銷原有條例第12條,並代以新條文。新訂的第12條意思 是:按原有條例核准一間公司的認可資格時訂定的條件,無論是在條例草案開始實 施之前、當日、或之後訂立,都同樣有效,直至保險業監督將條件撤銷為止。保險 業監督應就個別情況,決定該等條件應該在什麼時候停止生效。草案第2(a)條就認 可承保人登記冊須予記錄的事項,因應修訂有條例第5(1)(b)條。
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