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Section 24, The Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2014
Status not yet checkedThe Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2014, Sierra Leone
(1) A security interest in serial-numbered collateral madeeffective by registration contrary to subsection (2) of section 10 of
the Act, that otherwise satisfies the requirements of these
Regulations, shall be effective against third parties other than buyers
and lessees of that collateral for value.
(2) A security interest in movable assets that is made
effective against third parties by registration in the Collateral Registry
before the time when the movable assets are affixed to immovable
property, has priority with respect to goods, over a claim made by a
person with an interest in the immovable property.
(3) A lender who has the right to remove goods from
immovable property, shall exercise this right of removal in a manner
that causes no greater damage or injury to the immovable property
and to other properties situated on it than is necessarily incidental
to the removal of the goods.
(4) A security interest in crops, whether grown, growing
or to be grown, made effective against third parties by registration
in the Collateral Registry, shall have priority with respect to the crops
claimed by a person with an interest in the immovable property.
(5) The knowledge of the existence of a security interest
on the part of a lender shall not affect its priority under the Act or
these Regulations.
(6) The priority of a security interest shall extend to all
movable assets covered by a registered security interest, irrespective
of when they are acquired by the borrower or come into existence
before or after the time of registration.
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