Transfer of Property Act, 1882
63. Accession to mortgaged property
Where mortgaged property in possession of the mortgagee has,
during the continuance of the mortgage, received any accession, the mortgagor,
upon redemption shall, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, be
entitled as against the mortgagee to such accession.
Accession acquired in virtue of transferred
ownership- Where such accession has been acquired at the expense of
the mortgagee, and is capable of separate possession or enjoyment without
detriment to the principal property, the mortgagor desiring to take the
accession must pay to the mortgagee the expense of acquiring it. If such
separate possession or enjoyment is not possible, the accession must be
delivered with the property; the mortgagor being liable, in the case of an
acquisition necessary to preserve the property from destruction, forfeiture or
sale, or made with his assent, to pay the proper cost thereof, as an addition
to the principal money, with interest at the same rate as is payable on the
principal, or, where no such rate is fixed, at the rate of nine per cent per
annum.
In the case last mentioned the profits, if any, arising from the
accession shall be credited to the mortgagor.
Where the mortgage is usufructuary and the accession has been
acquired at the expense of the mortgagee, the profits, if any, arising from the
accession shall, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, be set off
against interest, if any, payable on the money so expended.