If, at the time of making an insurance contract, a policyholder or the insured, due to bad faith or gross negligence, failed to disclose or misrepresented material facts, the insurer may terminate the contract within one month after it becomes aware of the non-disclosure or misrepresentation or within three years after the contract was made: Provided, That this shall not apply where at the time of making the insurance contract the insurer knew the non-disclosure or misrepresentation or failed to do so due to gross negligence. <Amended by Act No. 4470, Dec. 31, 1991>
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Commercial Act — Article 651 (Termination of Contracts due to Breach of Duty of Disclosure)
상법 제651조
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