174Stamping counterpart or collateral instrument if mortgage is lost, destroyed or cannot be produced

174 Stamping counterpart or collateral instrument if mortgage is lost, destroyed or cannot be produced (1) 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 Commissioner is satisfied that— (a) the mortgage has been lost or destroyed; or (b) because of being deposited in the Office of Titles or from other reasonable cause, the mortgage cannot conveniently be produced. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a reproduction of a mortgage or a collateral security for an amount secured by a mortgage is taken to be a counterpart of that mortgage if it is purported to be signed by the Registrar of Titles. S. 174(3) repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 17).