Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Transfer of Property Act, 1882

Year: 1882

Enactment Date: 1882-02-17

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to the Transfer of Property by act of Parties.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 79: Mortgage to secure uncertain amount when maximum is expressed.
    If a mortgage made to secure future advances, the performance of an engagement or the balance of a running account, expresses the maximum to be secured thereby, a subsequent mortgage of the same property shall, if made with notice of the prior mortgage, be postponed to the prior mortgage in respect of all advances or debits not exceeding the maximum, though made or allowed with notice of the subsequent mortgage.
     Illustration
     A mortgages Sultanpur to his bankers, B & Co., to secure the balance of his account with them to the extent of Rs. 10,000. A then mortgages Sultanpur to C, to secure Rs. 10,000; C having not ice of the mortgage to B & Co., and C gives notice to B & Co. of the second mortgage. At the date of the second mortgage, the balance due to B & Co. does not exceed Rs. 5,000. B & Co. subsequently advance to A sums making the balance of the account against him exceed the sum of Rs. 10,000. B & Co. are entitled to the extent of Rs. 10,000, to priority over C.
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