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PART IIIMortgages, Rentcharges, and Powers of Attorney.

Mortgages.

97Priorities as between puisne mortgages.

Every mortgage affecting a legal estate in land made after the commencement of this Act, whether legal or equitable (not being a mortgage protected by the deposit of documents relating to the legal estate affected) shall rank according to its date of registration as a land charge pursuant to the Land Charges Act, 1925.

This section does not apply to mortgages or charges of registered land or of land within the jurisdiction of a local deeds registry.