3A. Renewal of registration.- (1) An insurer who has been granted a certificate of registration under section 3 shall have the registration renewed annually for each year after that ending on the 31st day of March, after the commencement of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. (2) An application for the renewal of a registration for any year shall be made by the insurer to the Authority before the 31st day of December of the preceding year, and shall be accompanied as provided in sub section (3) by evidence of payment of the fee as determined by the regulations made by the Authority which may vary according to the total gross premium written direct in India, during the year preceding the year in which the application is required to be made under this section, by the insurer in the class of insurance business to which the registration relates but shall not— (i) exceed one fourth of one per cent. of such premium income or rupees five crores, whichever is less; (ii) be less, in any case, than five hundred rupees for each class of insurance business: Provided that in the case of an insurer carrying on solely re insurance business, the provisions of this sub section shall apply with the modification that instead of the total gross premium written direct in India, the total premiums in respect of facultative re insurances accepted by him in India shall be taken into account. (3) The fee as determined by the regulations made by the Authority for the renewal of a registration for any year shall, be paid into the Reserve Bank of India, or where there is no office of that Bank, into the Imperial Bank of India acting as the agent of that Bank, or into any Government treasury, and the receipt shall be sent along with the application for renewal of the registration. (4) If an insurer fails to apply for renewal of registration before the date specified in sub-section (2) the Authority may, so long as an application to the Court under sub-section (5 D) of section 3 has not been made, accept an application for renewal of the registration on receipt from the insurer of the fee payable with the application and such penalty, not exceeding the fee as determined by the regulations made by the Authority, and payable by him, as the Authority may require: Provided that an appeal shall lie to the Central Government from an order passed by the Authority imposing a penalty on the insurer (5) The Authority shall, on fulfillment by the insurer of the requirements of this section, renew the registration and grant him a certificate of renewal of registration. | 
