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Real Property Act 1900
52Transfer of mortgage or lease transferee’s right to sue
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#### 52 Transfer of mortgage or lease transferee’s right to sue
52 Transfer of mortgage or lease transferee’s right to sue
> > (1) By virtue of every such transfer, the right to sue upon any mortgage or other instrument and to recover any debt, sum of money, annuity, or damages thereunder (notwithstanding the same may be deemed or held to constitute a chose in action), and all interest in any such debt, sum of money, annuity, or damages shall be transferred so as to vest the same at law as well as in equity in the transferee thereof.
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> > (2) Nothing herein contained shall prevent a Court from giving effect to any trusts affecting the said debt, sum of money, annuity, or damages, in case the transferee shall hold the same as a trustee for any other person.
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> **s 52:** Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1979 No 164, Sch 12 (6).