J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                                 85

Accident Fund may cancel the policy of insurance of any such em-
ployer, such cancellation to be effective upon the expiration of at
least thirty days after notice of intention to cancel such policy, on
a date specified in such notice, shall be filed in the office of the
Workmen's Compensation Commission and also served on the em-
ployer. Such notice shall be served on the employer by delivering it
to him or by sending it by mail, by registered letter, addressed to
the employer at his or its last known place of residence; provided,
that if the employer be a partnership then such notice may be so
given to any one of the partners, and if the employer be a corpora-
tion then the notice may be given to any agent or officer of the
corporation upon whom legal process may be served. When an em-
ployer receives notice from the State Accident Fund in accordance
with the provisions of this Subsection that a policy for Workmen's
Compensation Insurance issued to such employer will be cancelled
upon the expiration of the time stated in the notice, it shall be the
duty of the employer, immediately thereafter, to secure compensation
for his employees in accordance with one of the ways set forth in
[Paragraph] Section 16 of this Article which will be in force on
the date the above-mentioned cancellation becomes effective.

(c) Any employer who shall, with fraudulent intent, misrepresent
to the Commissioners of the State Accident Fund the amount of
payroll upon which the premium under this Article is based, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject
to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars or imprisonment of
not more than ninety days, or both.

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(a)   If an employer shall default in any payment required to be
made by him to the State Accident Fund, the policy or contract of
insurance issued by the State Accident Fund against liability arising
under this Article, the Commissioners or Superintendent or As-
sistant Superintendent of the State Accident Fund may cancel the
policy of insurance of any such employer, such cancellation to be
effective upon the expiration of at least thirty days after notice of
intention to cancel of such contract or policy of insurance, on a date
specified in such notice, shall be filed in the office of the Workmen's
Compensation Commission and also served on the employer. Such
notice shall be served on the employer by delivering it to him or
by sending it by mail, by registered letter, addressed to the em-
ployer at his or its last known residence, provided, that if the em-
ployer be a partnership then such notice may be so given to any
one of the partners, and if the employer be a corporation then
the notice may be so given to any agent or official of the corporation
upon whom legal process may be served. When an employer re-
ceives notice from the State Accident Fund in accordance with the
provisions of this Sub-section that a contract for workmen's compen-
sation insurance issued to such employer will be cancelled upon the
expiration of the time stated in the notice, it shall be the duty
of the employer immediately thereafter to secure compensation
to his employees in accordance with one of the ways set forth in
[Paragraph] Section 16 of this Article, which will be in force on the
date the cancellation becomes effective.

(b)   If an employer default in any payment required to be made
by him to the State Accident Fund the amount due by him may be