263(1)Where any person makes a claim for damages in respect of bodily injury or death sustained by the person or any other person while driving or being carried in or upon or entering or getting on to or alighting from or as a result of being struck by an automobile, he shall furnish the person against whom the claim is made full particulars of all insurance available to the claimant under contracts falling within the scope of section 256 or 257.

263(2)Where a claimant is entitled to the benefit of insurance referred to in section 256 or 257 this, to the extent of payments made or available to the claimant thereunder, constitutes a release by the claimant of any claim against the person liable to the claimant or the insurer of the person liable to the claimant.

263(3)This section applies only with respect to accidents occurring after the coming into force of the section.