Section 93 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 – Prohibition of tacking

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Section 93: Prohibition of tacking

1[93. Prohibition of tacking– No mortgagee paying off a prior mortgage, whether with or without notice of an intermediate mortgage, shall thereby acquire any priority in respect of his original security; and, except in the case provided for by section 79, no mortgagee- making a subsequent advance to the mortgagor, whether with or without notice of an intermediate mortgage, shall thereby acquire any priority in respect of his security for such subsequent advance.]

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