Securitisation Act (Cap. 484)
Securitisation Act (Cap. 484), article 14
14. (1) The following provisions of the Civil Code shall not
apply in case of an assignment of a securitisation asset to a
securitisation vehicle:
(a) article 1483(1);
(b) article 1056(1); and
(c) article 2013(3).
Cap. 16. (2) The following provisions of the Civil Code shall apply
subject to the modifications herein stated:
Cap. 16. (a) article 1968(1) of the Civil Code shall not apply, and
where the thing pledged to the securitisation vehicle is
a debt, the securitisation vehicle shall, unless
otherwise agreed with the originator, be responsible
for the collection of such debt on maturity and the
securitisation vehicle may place the moneys or other
things received either as agreed or, failing such
agreement, may hold the same as security for the debt
until due;
Cap. 16.
(b) without prejudice to the right of the parties to assign
rights by means of public deeds and register the same
in accordance with articles 2051 and 2052 of the Civil
Code, when a right arising from a public deed,
including any hypothecary rights, is transferred to or
from a securitisation vehicle, article 1470(2) shall not
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apply; and
Cap. 16.(c) articles 1980 to 1984 of the Civil Code shall not apply
and a securitisation vehicle shall have a right of use
over and the right to sub-pledge any securitisation
assets which have been pledged, assigned or delivered
to it for the purpose of a securitisation transaction.
Cap. 16.(3) For the purposes of article 1475 of the Civil Code and for
the purposes of a securitisation transaction -
(a) unless the assignment expressly provides otherwise,
the assignment of a debt shall also include every
suretyship, warranty or indemnity for the payment of
the debt;
(b) the assignment of a debt shall include every
suretyship, warranty or indemnity, accessory to the
debt and this notwithstanding any contractual
prohibition or restriction against such assignment of
the debt in the contract of suretyship, guarantee or
indemnity. The Minister, acting on the advice of the
competent authority, may by notice declare types of
suretyships, guarantees or indemnities to which this
provision will not apply; and
(c) any notices of assignment made to the debtor or class
of debtors in accordance with this Act, shall have
effect in relation to all persons granting any
suretyship, guarantee or indemnity without the need of
further notice or other formalities in their regard.
The assumption of
risks.
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