Cap. 23activeordinance

Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance

法律修訂及改革(綜合)條例

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s.15

Right of surety who discharges liability to assignment of all securities held by creditor

Every person who, being surety for the debt or duty of another or being liable with another for any debt or duty, pays such debt or performs such duty, shall be entitled to have assigned to him, or to a trustee for him, every judgment, specialty, or other security which is held by the creditor in respect of such debt or duty, whether such judgment, specialty, or other security is or is not deemed at law to have been satisfied by the payment of the debt or performance of the duty.