Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

123.   Premium receipt book to show date premium paid

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    (1)   Every payment in respect of premiums under an industrial policy made to an agent or servant of the company shall be recorded by the agent or servant in the premium-receipt book so as to clearly indicate the date to which premiums have been paid in respect of the policy or policies to which the premium-receipt book relates, and the record shall—

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      (a)     if it is the first entry on a page of the premium receipt book, be signed by the agent or servant with his or her usual signature; and

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      (b)     if it is not such an entry, be signed by the agent or servant with his or her usual signature or be initialled by him or her.

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    (2)   Where a premium-receipt book relates to more than one policy and any payment for premiums on the policies is made which is less than the aggregate of the weekly or other periodical premiums in respect of all those policies, the person making the payment shall be required by the agent or servant of the company to whom the payment is made to state the policy or policies in respect of which no payment or an insufficient payment is made, and the agent or servant shall clearly record in the premium-receipt book the fact stated.

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    (3)   Unless the amount of the deficiency is paid before any further premiums are paid, the company shall cause a separate premium-receipt book in compliance with section 122 to be issued in respect of any policy in relation to which the deficiency exists and shall cause the particulars and entry in the first mentioned premium-receipt book relating to any such policy to be cancelled.

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