Marine Insurance Act, 1963
75. General provisions as to measure of indemnity
(1) Where there has
been a loss in respect of any subject-matter not expressly provided for in the
foregoing provisions of this Act, the measure of indemnity shall be ascertained
as nearly as may be, in accordance with those provisions, in so far as
applicable to the particular case.
(2) Nothing in the
provisions of this Act relating to the measure of indemnity shall affect the
rules relating to double insurance, or prohibit the insurer from disproving
interest wholly or in part, or from showing that at the time of the loss the
whole or any part of the subject-matter insured was not at risk under the
policy.