Land Titles Act 1980
82Remedies of mortgagee or encumbrancee upon default
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82 Remedies of mortgagee or encumbrancee upon default
The mortgagee or encumbrancee, upon default in the payment of any money secured by the mortgage or encumbrance, may –
(a) enter into possession of the mortgaged or encumbered land by receiving the rents and profits of that land;
(b) distrain upon the occupier or tenant of the mortgaged or encumbered land under the power to distrain contained in section 83 ; or
(c) pursue the remedy provided by section 146 to obtain possession of the mortgaged or encumbered land –
and a registered mortgagee shall be entitled to foreclose the right of the mortgagor to redeem the mortgaged land as provided by sections 85 and 86 .