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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-403" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Fraternal Benefit Societies">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, societies are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>governed exclusively by this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>exempt from the other insurance laws of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statute enacted after December 31, 1963, does not apply to societies unless the statute expressly states that it applies to them.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the provisions of this subtitle, the following provisions of this article apply to societies to the extent not in conflict with the express provisions and reasonable implications of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Title 1 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Title 2, Subtitle 1 of this article, including § 2–112 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Title 2, Subtitle 2 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>§ 3–117 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>§ 3–127 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>§ 4–102(b) of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>§ 4–113(a)(7), (8), and (9) of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>§ 4–203 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>§ 4–204 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>§ 5–103 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>§ 5–201 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>Title 6, Subtitle 2 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>§ 10–120 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xv">
        <text>Title 15, Subtitle 9 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvi">
        <text>Title 27 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvii">
        <text>§ 1–301 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xviii">
        <text>Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to the provisions of this subtitle, societies are subject to the provisions of Title 13, Subtitle 5 of the Estates and Trusts Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
