5. No company shall be registered under this Act as being authorized to carry on insurance business in Ceylon unless such company-
(a) is a company which is incorporated in Ceylon under the Companies Ordinance, and which is not a private company as defined in section 27 of that Ordinance, or |
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(b) is a body which is incorporated by or under any law in any other country and which is not of the nature of such private company as aforesaid, and which has a paid-up capital of not less than one hundred thousand rupees, or the equivalent of such sum (ascertained at the time of registration) in any other currency, or |
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(c) is a company which is limited by guarantee. |
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