146 Ga. 134 | Ga. | 1916
The title to the act of 1913 (Acts 1913, p. 98) is as follows: “An act to better regulate and control the organization and operation of corporations (foreign and domestic) doing an industrial, health, life, or accident insurance business in the State of Georgia, and to provide penalties, and for other purposes.” Section 3 of the act provides: “That no person shall knowingly or wilfully make or aid in making of any false or fraudulent statement or representation of any material fact or thing in any written statement or certificate for the purpose of procuring or attempting to procure the payment of any false or fraudulent claim against any such insurance company or fraternal or benefit association, and no person shall make any false or fraudulent statement or aid in the making of any false or fraudulent statement in any application for insurance, or as to the death or disability of the policy or certificate holder, for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining any money or benefit from any such insurance company or fraternal or benefit association licensed t® do business in this State.”
The act referred to contains six sections. The first, second, and
Questions 1 and 1 (a) are answered in the negative. The entire act is not void for the reasons stated in these questions. The caption of the act refers to only one subject-matter, and therefore does not come within the rule that an entire act is void where it 'deals with two distinct subject-matters both in the caption and the