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7. Obligation
 
  7.4 Standards of financial products  
  Article 221-Annuity  
221.1 Annuity  
 

A contract for the constitution of an annuity is a contract by which a person, the debtor, undertakes, gratuitously or in exchange for the alienation of capital for their benefit, to make periodical payments to another person, the annuitant, for a certain time.

 
221.2 Standards of structure and information  
  The standard structure of an annuity shall be as follows:  
  (i) All the key and pertinent information that is unique to the contracts is provided in form design including signature and approval at the front;  
  (ii) Any modified clauses, new clauses (including new technical word definitions), list of deleted clauses and/or other special considerations that are different from the standard form of general contract immediately after the summary of key information;  
  (iii) The standard clauses (including definitions) of the primary form as the last attachment with any deleted clauses crossed out using a clear "x" through the body of the clause .  
  This structure shall allow the easiest method of contract interpretation, validation that it complies to the primary form and conversion to an electronic record.  
221.3 General application of annuity  
  The following are the general application and requirements of an annuity:  
  (i) only persons over the age of 55 may have an annuity;  
  (ii) a person over the age of 65 may have more than one annuity;  
     
 
 

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