Section 155 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Effect of death on certain causes of action

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Section 155: Effect of death on certain causes of action

1[Effect of death on certain causes of action. –Notwithstanding anything contained in section 306 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, (39 of 1925) the death of a person in whose favour a certificate of insurance had been issued, if it occurs after the happening of an event which has given rise to a claim under the provisions of this Chapter, shall not be a bar to the survival of any cause of action arising out of such event against his estate or against the insurer.]

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