# Law of Property Act 1925, Paragraph 4


If a sub-mortgage by assignment of a term is subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act, the principal mortgagee shall take the principal derivative term created by paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Part of this Schedule or the derivative term created by his mortgage (as the case may require), and the sub-mortgagee shall take a derivative term less by one day than the term so vested in the principal mortgagee, subject to a provision for cesser corresponding to the right of redemption subsisting under the sub-mortgage.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20/schedule/FIRST/part/VIII/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/schedule-FIRST/part-VIII/paragraph-4
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