31A-1-201.   Construction.
     (1) This code shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes stated in Section 31A-1-102 and under other chapters of the Insurance Code. The statements of purpose shall aid and guide interpretation but are not independent sources of power.
     (2) A provision of the Insurance Code relating to a particular kind of insurance or a particular type of insurer prevails over a provision relating to insurance or insurers in general if there is inconsistency between them.

Enacted by Chapter 242, 1985 General Session
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