ARTICLE 2
DOMESTIC STOCK INSURERS
33-14-42. Illegal dividends.
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Any director of a domestic stock insurer who votes for or concurs in declaration or payment of an illegal dividend to stockholders shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be jointly and severally liable together with other such directors for any loss thereby sustained by the insurer.
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The stockholders receiving such an illegal dividend shall be liable in the amount thereof to the insurer.
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The Commissioner may revoke or suspend the certificate of authority of an insurer which has declared or paid an illegal dividend.
(Code 1933, § 56-1525, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 44 C.J.S., Insurance,
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170.
ALR.
- Apportionment of divisible surplus of insurance company between different policies, 108 A.L.R. 1212.