Law library · Sierra Leone · The Motor Vehicles (Third ~~~rt title arty Insurance) Ordinance
Section 10, The Motor Vehicles (Third ~~~rt title arty Insurance) Ordinance
Status not yet checkedThe Motor Vehicles (Third ~~~rt title arty Insurance) Ordinance, Sierra Leone
Where a certificate of insurance has been issued in favourof the person by whom a policy has been effected or where a
certificate of security has been issued in favour of the person
whose liability is covered by such security so much of the policy
as ~urports to restrict the insurance of a person insured thereby
or, m the case of a security, such conditions attached thereto as
purport to restrict the liability of the giver of the security, in
respect of any of the following matters-
~ a) the age or physical or mental condition of persons
dnvmg the motor vehicle; or
(b) the condition of the motor vehicle; or
(c) the number of persons that the motor vehicle carries; or
h (d) the weight or physical characteristics of the goods that
t e motor vehicle carries; or
S.L.-VoL. III-11
Avoidance of
restrictions
on the scope
of policies
and
securities.
1354 Cap. 133] ~Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance)
Duty of
insurers to
satisfy
judgments
against
persons
insured in
respect of
third party
risks.
(e) the times at which or the area within which the motor
vehicle is used; or
(f) the horse-power or cylinder capacity or value of the
motor vehicle; or
(g) the carrying on the motor vehicle of any particular
apparatus; or
(h) the carrying on the motor vehicle of any particular
means of identification other than any means of identification
required to be carried under the provisions of the Road
Traffic Ordinance,
shall, in respect of such liabilities as are required to be covered
by a policy or security issued for the purposes of this Ordinance,
be of no effect:
Provided that nothing in this section shall require an insurer
or the giver of a security to pay any sum in respect of the
liability of any person otherwise than in or towards the discharge
of that liability and any sum paid by an insurer or the giver of a
security in or towards the discharge of the liability of
person which is covered by the policy or security by virtue
of this section shall be recoverable by the insurer or the giver
of the security from that person.
Read the whole lawDownload PDFAsk Tima what this means
Check the current official version before relying on this text. MiLAWYER shares legal information, not legal advice.