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### 77B Returns required to be lodged by insurance companies
> *\[Section 77B Inserted by No. 12 of 1981, s. 17 \]**\[Section 77B Subsection (1) substituted by No. 34 of 1984, s. 9 \]**\[Section 77B Subsection (1) amended by No. 6 of 1993, s. 4 \]**\[Section 77B Subsection (3) amended by No. 101 of 1993, s. 4 and Sched. 1 \]*[*\[Section 77B Substituted by No. 72 of 1999, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-07-01/act-1999-072#GS5@EN)
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> > (1) An insurance company must, not later than 14 days after the end of each month, furnish the Commission with a return in accordance with this section.
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> > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 2 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.
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> > (2) The return is to –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 77B Subsection (2) amended by No. 57 of 2007, s. 10, Applied:13 Dec 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-12-13/act-2007-057#GS10@EN) be in an approved form; and
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> > > > (b) contain such particulars as the Commission requires of the premium income that is payable to the company for prescribed classes of insurance during that month; and
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> > > > (c) contain a declaration by an officer of the company that, according to the company's books and to the best of the officer's knowledge and belief, the return contains a true account and statement of the matters referred to in it.