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Mortgage when to be by assurance.—Where the principal money secured is one hundred rupees or upwards, a mortgage [other than a mortgage by deposit of title deeds] can be effected only by a registered instrument signed by the mortgagor and attested by at least two witnesses. Where the principal money secured is less than one hundred rupees, a mortgage may be effected either by [a registered instrument] signed and attested as aforesaid, or (except in the case of a simple mortgage) by delivery of the property. [* * * * * * *]

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