Marine Insurance Act, 1963
[Act No. 11 of 1963 dated 18th. April, 1963]
| Contents | |
| Sections | Particulars | 
| 1 | Short title and commencement | 
| 2 | Definitions | 
| 3 | Marine insurance defined | 
| 4 | Mixed sea and land risks | 
| 5 | Lawful marine adventure | 
| 6 | Avoidance of wagering contracts | 
| 7 | Insurable interest defined | 
| 8 | When interest must attach | 
| 9 | Defensible or contingent interest | 
| 10 | Partial interest | 
| 11 | Reinsurance | 
| 12 | Bottomry | 
| 13 | Master's and seamen's wages | 
| 14 | Advance freight | 
| 15 | Charges of insurance | 
| 16 | Quantum of interest | 
| 17 | Assignment of interest | 
| 18 | Measure of insurable value | 
| 19 | Insurance is uberrimae fideI | 
| 20 | Disclosure by assured | 
| 21 | Disclosure by agent effecting insurance | 
| 22 | Representations pending negotiation of contract | 
| 23 | When contract is deemed to be concluded | 
| 24 | Contract must be embodied in policy | 
| 25 | What policy must specify | 
| 26 | Signature of insurer | 
| 27 | Voyage and time policies | 
| 28 | Designation and subject matter | 
| 29 | Valued policy | 
| 30 | Unvalued policy | 
| 31 | Floating policy by ship or ships | 
| 32 | Construction of terms in policy | 
| 33 | Premium to be arranged | 
| 34 | Double insurance | 
| 35 | Nature of warranty | 
| 36 | When breach of warranty excused | 
| 37 | Express warranties | 
| 38 | Warranty of neutrality | 
| 39 | No. implied warranty of nationality | 
| 40 | Warranty of good safety | 
| 41 | Warranty of seaworthiness of ship | 
| 42 | No implied warranty that goods are seaworthy | 
| 43 | Warranty of legality | 
| 44 | Implied condition as to commencement of risk | 
| 45 | Alteration of port of departure | 
| 46 | Sailing for different destination | 
| 47 | Change of voyage | 
| 48 | Deviation | 
| 49 | Several ports of discharge | 
| 50 | Delay in voyage | 
| 51 | Excuse for deviation or delay | 
| 52 | When and how policy is assignable | 
| 53 | Assured who has no interest can not assign | 
| 54 | When premium payable | 
| 55 | Included and excluded losses | 
| 56 | Partial and total loss | 
| 57 | Actual total loss | 
| 58 | Missing ship | 
| 59 | Effect of transhipment, etc. | 
| 60 | Constructive total loss defined | 
| 61 | Effect of constructive total loss | 
| 62 | Notice of abandonment | 
| 63 | Effect of abandonment | 
| 64 | Particular average loss | 
| 65 | Salvage charges | 
| 66 | General average loss | 
| 67 | Extent of liability of insurer for loss | 
| 68 | Total loss | 
| 69 | Partial loss of ship | 
| 70 | Partial loss of freight | 
| 71 | Partial loss of goods, merchandise, etc. | 
| 72 | Apportionment of valuation | 
| 73 | General average contributions and salvage charges | 
| 74 | Liabilities to third parties | 
| 75 | General provisions as to measure of indemnity | 
| 76 | Particular average warranties | 
| 77 | Successive losses | 
| 78 | Suing and laboring clause | 
| 79 | Rights of subrogation | 
| 80 | Right of Contribution | 
| 81 | Effect of under-insurance | 
| 82 | Enforcement of return | 
| 83 | Return by agreement | 
| 84 | Return for failure of consideration | 
| 85 | Ratification by assured | 
| 86 | Implied obligation varied by agreement or usage | 
| 87 | Reasonable time, etc., a question of fact | 
| 88 | Covering note as evidence | 
| 89 | Power to apply Act with modifications, etc., in certain cases | 
| 90 | Certain provisions to override Transfer of Property Act, 1882 | 
| 91 | Savings | 
| Schedule | Form of Policy | 
An Act to codify the law relating to marine insurance.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-