17:45-2 - Certificate of authority prerequisite to transacting business

17:45-2.  Certificate of authority prerequisite to transacting business
    No mutual benefit association shall hereafter undertake to provide any specified benefit in the event of disablement by accident or sickness to any member, or to any other person, or contract with any of its members to pay death benefits until such association shall have complied with the requirements  of this chapter and shall have received a certificate of authority setting  forth that such association has complied with the provisions of this chapter  and that it is authorized to provide benefits in the event of disablement by  sickness or accident or to contract with members to pay death benefits, or both  of them, within the limitations established by the act under which it is  organized and by this chapter.