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Section 20Sec./Art. 20
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Exemption from Registration Fees. - Any register of deeds shall accept from any thrift bank and its borrowers and mortgagors for registration, free from all charges, fees and documentary stamp tax, collectible under existing laws, any instrument, whether voluntary or involuntary, relating to loans or transactions extended by any thrift bank in an amount not exceeding Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) : Provided, however, That charges, if any, shall be collectible on the amount in excess of Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000); and that an instrument related to assignments of several mortgages consolidated in a single deed, if any, shall be levied only on the amount in excess of Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) of the consideration in the assignment of each mortgage, or such amount as the Secretary of Finance, upon recommendation of the Monetary Board, may prescribe as may be necessary to promote and expand the economy.
CHAPTER VIII - PROHIBITIONS
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