THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CCH Note: Part 13 of the Corporations Act 1989, inserted by sec 6 of No 110 of 1990, Sch 1 (effective 1 January 1991), begins as follows:

PART 13 - THE CORPORATIONS LAW
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The Corporations Law is as follows:...

CHAPTER 2K - CHARGES

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PART 2K.2 - REGISTRATION

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SECTION 269 SATISFACTION OF, AND RELEASE OF PROPERTY FROM, CHARGES

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269(1) [Memorandum of satisfaction of debt]

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Where, with respect to a charge registered under this Part:

(a) the debt or other liability the payment or discharge of which was secured by the charge has been paid or discharged in whole or in part; or

(b) the property charged or part of that property is released from the charge;

the person who was the holder of the charge at the time when the debt or other liability was so paid or discharged or the property or part of the property was released shall, within 14 days after receipt of a request in writing made by the company on whose property the charge exists, give to the company a memorandum in the prescribed form acknowledging that the debt or other liability has been paid or discharged in whole or in part or that the property or that part of it is no longer subject to the charge, as the case may be.

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269(2) [Lodgment]

The company may lodge the memorandum and, upon the memorandum being lodged, the Commission shall enter in the Register particulars of the matters stated in the memorandum.

269(3) [Interpretation]

The reference in subsection (1) to the person who was the holder of a charge at the time when the debt or other liability was so paid or discharged or the property or part of the property was released shall, if the charge was constituted by a debenture or debentures and there was a trustee for debenture holders, be construed as a reference to the person who was, at that time, the trustee for debenture holders.

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