56. Legal alterations in policies
This Act does not prohibit the making of any alteration which may lawfully be made in the terms and conditions of any policy of sea insurance after the policy has been underwritten; if the alteration is made before notice of the determination of the risk originally insured, and does not prolong the time covered by the insurance thereby made beyond the period of 6 months in the case of a policy made for a less period than 6 months, or beyond the period of 12 months in the case of a policy made for a greater period than 6 months, and the articles insured remain the property of the same person or persons, and no additional or further sum is insured by reason or means of the alteration.