29Forms of transfer of mortgage

### 29 Forms of transfer of mortgage > > (1)  A transfer of a mortgage may be made by a deed expressed to be made by way of a statutory transfer of mortgage, being in such one of the 3 forms (A) and (B) and (C) given in [Part II](#JS1@HSII@EN) of [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) as may be appropriate to the case, with such variations and additions, if any, as circumstances may require, and the provisions of this section shall apply thereto. > > > (2)  In whichever of those 3 forms the deed of transfer is made, it shall have effect as follows, namely: > > > > > > (a) There shall become vested in the person to whom the benefit of the mortgage is expressed to be transferred, who, with his executors, administrators, and assigns, is hereafter in this section designated the transferee, the right to demand, sue for, recover, and give receipts for the mortgage money or the unpaid part thereof, and the interest then due, if any, and thenceforth to become due thereon, and the benefit of all securities for the same and the benefit of and the right to sue on all covenants with the mortgagee, and the right to exercise all powers of the mortgagee; > > > > > > > (b) All the estate and interest, subject to redemption of the mortgagee in the mortgaged land shall vest in the transferee, subject to redemption. > > > (3)  If the deed of transfer is made in the form (B), there shall also be deemed to be included, and there shall, by virtue of this Act, be implied therein, a covenant with the transferee by the person expressed to join therein as covenantor, to the effect following, namely: That the covenantor will, on the day by the mortgage deed fixed for payment of the mortgage money, or on a day to be stated in the deed of transfer, pay to the transferee the stated mortgage money, or so much thereof as then remains unpaid, with interest thereon, or on the unpaid part thereof, in the meantime, by equal half-yearly payments, at the rate stated in the mortgage deed; and will thereafter, as long as the mortgage money, or any part thereof, remains unpaid, pay to the transferee interest on that sum, or the unpaid part thereof, at the same rate, on the successive days by the mortgage deed fixed for payment of interest. > > > (4)  If the deed of transfer is made in the form (C) it shall, by virtue of this Act, operate not only as a statutory transfer of mortgage, but also as a statutory mortgage, and the provisions of this section shall have effect in relation thereto accordingly; but it shall not be liable to any increased stamp duty by reason only of it being designated a mortgage.