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Land Titles Act 1980
72Creation of mortgage or encumbrance
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72 Creation of mortgage or encumbrance
*[Section 72 Amended by No. 21 of 1996, s. 19 ]*The registered proprietor of a freehold or leasehold estate in registered land –
(a) may mortgage it by a memorandum of mortgage in an approved form; and
(b) may charge it with the payment of an annuity, rent-charge, or other sum of money by a memorandum of encumbrance in an approved form.