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Duties Act 1997
228Stamping counterpart or collateral instrument if mortgage is lost, destroyed or cannot be produced
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#### 228 Stamping counterpart or collateral instrument if mortgage is lost, destroyed or cannot be produced
228 Stamping counterpart or collateral instrument if mortgage is lost, destroyed or cannot be produced
> A counterpart of a mortgage or a collateral security for an amount secured by a mortgage is taken to be the mortgage and may accordingly be stamped or upstamped for mortgage duty purposes if, on application by or on behalf of a person who is a party to the mortgage, the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the mortgage has been lost or destroyed or, because of being deposited in the Land Titles Office or from other reasonable cause, cannot conveniently be produced.