MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 27
MOTOR VEHICLE (THIRD PARTY INSURANCE) ACT 1943 - SECT 27
27 . Soliciting instructions from persons claiming
(1) No person shall
—
(a) for
or in the expectation of directly or indirectly receiving any reward accept
instructions or authority to act on behalf of any person in respect of the
making, commencement, resisting, compromise or settlement of any claim or
action for damages for the death of or bodily injury to any person or for the
injury to the property of any person directly caused by, or by the driving of,
an insured or an uninsured motor vehicle;
(b) for
or in the expectation of directly or indirectly receiving any reward, make,
commence, cause to be made or commenced, negotiate, settle or compromise on
behalf of any person any such claim or action;
(c) hold
himself out as being willing to act for reward on behalf of any person in
making, commencing, resisting, negotiating, settling or compromising any such
claim or action.
(2) This section shall
not apply to any solicitor or barrister who is carrying on his profession in
the ordinary way, or to any officer of an association acting in the course of
his duties for a member of such association, or to any person employed or
instructed by the Commission to act on its behalf in connection with any claim
or action.
(3) Any agreement to
pay any money for work done or services rendered contrary to this section
shall be void, and any money so paid shall be recoverable by the person who
has paid it.
[Section 27 2 , formerly section 22, amended: No.
31 of 1948 s. 24; No. 51 of 1986 s. 46(2); No. 107 of 1987 s. 13; No. 13 of
1994 s. 9.]