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Practice question: Creation, Perfection, and Priority of Security Interest

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

Creditor A previously registered an interest in a security certificate. Creditor B later obtains a valid competing interest and perfects it by possession of that certificate. No other special rule changes the result. A relies only on earlier registration. Under Section18(e), which is correct?
  1. B’s possession-perfected certificate interest has the stated special priority
  2. Earlier registration invariably wins every certificate contest
  3. Possession can never perfect a certificate interest
  4. Both interests are automatically extinguished
  5. The issuer must pay the debt twice

Legal references

  • RA11057 PPSA: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11057_2018.html Sections18(c),(e),19–20,22–23.

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