THE LAW
OF TURKMENISTAN ON THE PLEDGE
Part I.
General Regulations
Article
1. The concept of a pledge.
A pledge
is one of the modes of providing of discharging obligations when the creditor
- a holder of a pledge in case of non-performance of obligations by debtors
obtains the right of priority to other creditors to receive satisfaction at
the expense of withdrawal of the pawned property according to the operating
legislation of Turkmenistan.
Article
2. Pledge legislation of Turkmenistan.
Pledge
relations are regulated by the present Law or other legislative acts of Turkmenistan.
If according to the international treaty with the participation of Turkmenistan
other rules on a pledge were established then the ones which are in legislative
acts of Turkmenistan, than the rules of international treaties are used.
Article
3. The subject of a pledge.
- Any not confiscated
from civil circulation property (laud, enterprises, edifices, equipment,
other production funds, securities, financial means, which according to
the legislation of Turkmenistan is admitted to recovery and also proprietary
rights, the object of intellectual property can be the subject of the pledge.The
claims of the personal character can not be the subject of the pledge.
- The Cabinet of Ministers
of Turkmenistan determines the list of objects which can not be the subject
of the pledge because of historical, cultural or other value, or because
of the national security.
- The right of a holder
of a pledge are derivative from his rights as a creditor in the obligation
provided by the pledge and their existence in dependence from the fate of
the obligation provided by the pledge.
Article
4. Provider and holder of a pledge.
- The physical, juridical
persons and state can by provider and a holder of a pledge (parties of a
pledge agreement).
- The debtor himself
and also the third person (guarantor of a thing) can be pledge. the person,
whom the subject of a pledge belongs on the right of possession or full
economic management or efficient management can be pledge.
The
enterprise, the ownership is assigned to the basis of full economic accounting
deposits a pledge as a whole, its structural units and subdivisions as the
property complexes and also some (separate) buildings and edifices with
the permission of the owner of that (this) property. The institution, the
right of efficient management of the property to, has the right to hand
over to a pledge the property or rights obtained at the expense of incomes
from the economics activity permitted to the institution (organisation).
- In case of pawning
of the right, the person , who possessed the right becomes the pledger.
The right belonging to several persons together can be pledged with the
written consent of all its possessors.
- Specialised organizations
- pawnshops can be established be the state, juridical or physical persons.
Their function will be issued of money-loans on property security. Non-government
pawnshop carry out their activity on the base of permission of the bodies
of local executive power. Banks, the licences to carry out the banking operations
are given to be the Central bank belong to the specialised organizations
which issue money-loans on security.
Article
5. The bases of the origin of the pledge.
- The pledge arises
as a result of a treaty or of a Law.
- If the pledge arises
as a result of the force of the Law, than there had to be indicated in the
Law, in the force of what obligations and which property exactly is recognised
as being in a pledge.
Article
6. The kinds of the pledge.
If had
to be stipulated by the Law or a treaty, that the property pawned remains with
the pledge or handed over possession of a holder of a pledge or to the third
person. The pledge of goods can be carried out by means of handing over the
documents which is a security to the holder of pledge to manage goods.
Article
7. The property as the subject of the pledge.
- Any property which
can be alienated according to the legislation of Turkmenistan by the pledger
can be the subject of a pledge.
- The mortgage Law,
on the property embraces its articles and inseparable fruits, if the other
one is not stipulated be the Law or treaty. The mortgage Law on property
can include separable fruits only in cases, in limits and the order stipulated
by the Law or a treaty.
- Spreading of the pledge
on the property , which can be obtained by the pledger in future can be
stipulated by the treaty or a Law.
Article
8. Mortgage of the property which is in joint ownership.
- The property which
is in joint ownership can be transferred to a pledge only by the consent
of both owners.
- The mortgage of his
share in a common share ownership does not require the consent of others,
if the character of the ownership (its divisibility) admits that.
- The owner of the apartment
can transfer it to a pledge be the consent of jointly living members of
age of the family.
Article
9. The Law of property as the subject of a pledge.
- The right on plot
of land (including the right to use the right to possess and use), the right
on other natural objects (including plots of bowels of the earth, forests,
water) and other property rights, except the rights connected with the personality
of the creditor and also other rights, yielding of which contracts to the
Law a treaty can be the subject of a pledge.
- The treaty on the
pledge can be singed concerning the rights which the pledge can obtain in
future.
- The right with a definite
term of validity can be the subject of the pledge only before its expiration
period.
Article
10. Replacement of the subject of a pledge.
The change
of the subject of a pledge is admitted only by the consent of a holder of a
pledge. The order of the change of the subject of a pledge in the mortgage of
goods in circulation is regulated by the article 52 of the present Law.
Article
11. Mortgage and insurance.
- The duty of insurance
of the mortgaged property, transferred to the ownership of the holder of
a pledge is placed on the holder of a pledge, if the other one is not stipulated
by the treaty on the pledge.
- According to the treaty,
the pledger – juridical person can be placed the duty on to insure for
the cases of doing actions and taking of regulations (acts) by them ceasing
its economic activity or preventing (hindering) it, or unfavourably, effecting
it (confiscation, requisition of the property) and also liquidation or recognition
of i, as a bankrupt.
- The pawnshop insures
the ownership received as a pledge in its full cost at the expense of pledger
according to the evaluation made on the mutual agreement of parties in receiving
of the ownership as a pledge.
- At the beginning of
insurance cases, the holder of a pledge has the right of a privileged satisfaction
of his demands from the amount of insurance compensation.
Article
12. The content of the treaty on the pledge.
In the
treaty on the pledge, the name, the place of location of parties, the type of
a pledge, the essence of the requirement provided by the pledge, its size and
term of performance, inventory, cost and the place of location of the pawned
property and the application of one of the parties the agreement has to be achieved
should be indicated.
Article
13.
- The treaty on the
pledge has to be concluded in the written form and notary certified and
registered, if the other one is not stipulated by the legislation of Turkmenistan.
- Notary certificate
of pledged providing of loan given to the citizen is carried out by means
of making certifying note on the notice on giving loan received from the
bank or other creditor.
- The treaty on the
pledge providing duties arising from the main treaty, has to be also in
the body which certified the main treaty.
- Condition on the pledge
can also be included into the treaty according to which the duty provided
by the pledge arises. Such a treaty has to be perfect in the form, set for
the treaty on a pledge.
- The form of a treaty
on a pledge is determined according to the place of its conclusion. The
treaty on the pledge, concluded out of the territory of Turkmenistan, can
not be recognised invalid because of not-observance of the form, if the
requirements set by the legislation of Turkmenistan are observed. The form
of the treaty on the mortgage (pledge) of buildings, edifices, enterprises,
land plots and other objects locating at the territory of Turkmenistan,
and also of rolling stock of the railroad, of civil air and river ship registered
in Turkmenistan irrespective of the place of conclusion of such treaty is
determined by the legislation of Turkmenistan.
- Rights and duties
of the parties of a treaty on the pledge are determined by the legislation
of the country, where the party which is the pledge was set, has the place
of residence or the main place of activity if the other one is not set by
the agreement of parties.
Article
14. The risk of accidental death of the subject of a pledge.
The risk
of accidental death of the subject of a pledge is taken by the owner (subject
of full economic conducting or operational management) of the pawned property,
if the other one is not stipulated by the treaty or legislation acts of Turkmenistan.
Article
15. The state registration of the pledge.
- The mortgage of the
real estate and of the rights for it, the pledge of goods in circulation
are subjected to the state registration. The Cabinet of Ministers can include
the other property, the pledge of which is subjected to state registration
into the list of good to be registered. The state registration of the pledge
of ownership is carried out by the body authorised by the Cabinet of Ministers.
- According to the mutual
agreement, the registration of the pledge van be stipulated even in the
cases, when it is not obligatory (mandatory) by the force of Law (optimal
registration of the treaty on the pledge).
- Obligatory and optional
registration create some legal consequences and carried out in the order
stipulated by the present Law.
- The treaty on a pledge
subjected to state registration is considered to be concluded from the time
of registration of the pledge.
- In transition of the
right on pawned property, subjected to state registration, to the other
holder of a pledge, the necessary changes has to be inserted into the registry,
which the body realising registration conducts.
Article
16. The consequences of non-observance of the form of the treaty on the pledge.
Non-observance
of the established form of the treaty on the pledge leads to the recognised
of the treaty invalid with the consequences stipulated by the legislation of
Turkmenistan.
Article
17. Law appeal of the actions connected with the registration of the pledge.
The interested
person has the right to appeal the refusal in registration or illegal registration
of the pledge in the court, located at the territory of the body realising registration.
Article
18. Information on registering the pledge.
The body
realising registration of the pledge is obliged to issue the certificate on
registration to the holder of the pledge and also extract on the inquiry of
the holder of the pledge, of the pledger and other interested people having
evidence of real interest.
Article
19. The state duty for registration of the pledge.
The state
duty for the registration of the pledge, issue of the certificate on registration,
and also providing the extract from registry is charged in the size determined
by the legislation of Turkmenistan. The applicant the evidence of payment o
state duty to the body realising registration. In case of absence of such evidences,
the applications on registration of the pledge is not examined.
Article
20. The responsibility of the body realising registration.
The body,
which is assigned to register the pledge takes responsibility for the insure
and compensates the damage caused as a result of infringements of rules of registration
by its employees.
Article
21. Registration of the fulfilment of the obligation provided by the pledge.
- According to the demand
of the pledger, the holder of a pledge is obliged to give him documents,
certifying full or partial fulfilment of the obligation for the further
insertion of corresponding information into the registry.
- On the receipt of
the documents certifying of a full or partial fulfilment of the obligations
provided by the pledge, the body registering the pledge is obliged immediately
to insert corresponding note into the registry.
Article
22. Keeping of entry book of pledges by the pledger.
- The pledgers, registered
as the businessmen (entrepreneurs) are obliged to:
Keep
entry book of pledges;
Not
later than ten days after arising of the pledge insert a note containing
information on the type and the subject of the pledge and also the volume
of security of the obligation by the pledge;
To
give the book for acquaintance to the interested person having the evidences
of real interest.
- The pledger takes
responsibility for promptitude and accuracy of insertion of information
on the pledge into the entry book of pledges. The pledger is obliged to
compensate in full volume the lose to the aggrieved party (persons) which
were caused because of the ill-timed insertion of notes into the book, because
of their incompleteness and inaccuracy and also deviation from the obligation
to give an entry book of pledges for the acquaintance.
Article
23. Right to dispose the pawned property.
The pledger reserves the
right to dispose the pawned property, if the other one is not stipulated by
the Law or treaty on the pledge.
In this case, transition of the right on the pawned property is possible only
after transition of the main debt provided by the pledge to the new pledger.
Article
24. Subsequent pledge of the pawned property (re-pawning)
Re-pawning
of the property is admitted, if the one is not stipulated by the legislation
of Turkmenistan or previous treaty on the pledge.
Article
25. The right of a previous holder of a pledge.
- If the property, which
is already serve as the pledge security of the other obligation becomes
the subject of a pledge than the lien of the previous holder of a pledge
reserves the force.
The
demands of the subsequent holder of a pledge are met from the cost of the
subject of a pledge after meeting of the demands of the previous holder
of a pledge.
- The pledger is obliged
to tell to every subsequent holder of a pledge about all existing pledges
of the given property, and also about the character and size of obligations
provided by these pledges.
The pledger
is obliged to compensate losses which any holder of pledges had as a result
of not-fulfilment of that obligation.
Article
26. Demands of the holder of the pledge met at the expense of the pawned property.
At the
expense of the pawned property, the holder of a pledge is obliged to meet his
demands in full extent, defined to the time of real meeting, including the percentage,
losses, caused by exceeding of the time of fulfilment, and in cases stipulated
by the Law or treaty, -penalty; necessary expenditures for maintaining the pawned
property and expenses to meet the demand provided by the pledge are also subjected
to compensation.
Article
27. The origin of the right to make a claim to recovery on the subject of the
pledge.
- The holder of a pledge
obtains the right to make a claim on the subject of the pledge, if at the
moment of beginning of the time f fulfilment of obligations provided by
the pledge, it will not be fulfilled, except the cases, when according to
the Law or contract such right arises later or according to the Law the
recovery can be made earlier.
- In case of cessation
(liquidation) of the juridical person - of the pledger, the holder of a
pledge obtains the right make a claim to recovery on the pawned property
irrespective of the beginning of the time of fulfilment of the obligation
provided by the pledge.
Article
28. The subject of a pledge in case of partial fulfilment of the obligation.
In case
of the partial fulfilment by the debtor of the obligation provided by the pledge,
the pledge will be kept in the original volume up to the complete fulfilment
of the obligation provided by it.
Article
29. Satisfaction of the claims of the holder of pledge from the subject of the
pledge consisting of several items.
If the
subject of the pledge consists of several items or rights, the holder of the
pledge according to his choice can receive satisfaction at the expense of all
items or rights, or at the expense of one of the item (rights), reserving the
opportunity to receive in the future satisfaction at the expense of other items
(rights) making up the subject of the pledge.
Article
30. The consciences of satisfaction of the claims of the holder of the pledge
by the third person.
- In case of complete
satisfaction of the claims (demands) of the holder of the pledge by the
third person, his right of the pledge transfer to him together with the
right of claim in the order stipulated by the legislation of Turkmenistan
for cessation to the claims (demands).
- If the contract on
the pledge was registered than the holder of the pledge obtains the pledge
from the time of insertion of corresponding changes into the registry.
Article
31. The order of handling recovery on the pawned.
- Handling of recovery
on the pawned property is carried out according to the decision of corresponding
court, if the one is not stipulated by the Law. In cases, stipulated by
the legislation of Turkmenistan, handling of recovery on the pawned property
is carried out in indisputable order on the case of executive endorsement
of the notary.
- Realisation of the
pawned property which the recovery is treated to is carried out in accordance
with the civil legislation of Turkmenistan, if the other one is not stipulated
by the contract.
Article
32. Independent realisation of the pawned property by the creditor.
According
to the contract on the pledge, the holder of the pledge can be given the right
to realise without the court's decision the property pledged to him (from sales,
auditors, through commission shop or other ways (by other methods) in exceeding
of the fulfilment of obligations. In this case, the minimal sale price is determined
in the contract or the order of evaluation or realisation is set.
Article
33. Satisfaction of the claims of the holder of the pledge in case of insufficiency
of the amount of money made from realisation of the subject of the pledge.
In case,
when the amount of money made in selling of the subject of the pledge is not
enough for complete satisfaction of the claims of the holder of the pledge,
he has right, of the other one is not stipulated by the Law of contract, to
receive the missing amount from other property of the debtor, the recovery is
attracted to according to the legislation of Turkmenistan not using, in this
case, the privileged based on the right of the pledge.
Article
34. Returning of the amount of money made in realisation of the subject of the
pledge to the pledger.
If the
amount of money made in realisation of the subject of the pledge exceeds the
size of the claims of the pledge provided by this pledge, margins is returned
to the pledger.
Article
35. Cessation of handling recovery on the pawned property by fulfilment of obligation.
- The pledge has right
to cease handling recovery on the pawned property any time before the realisation
of the subject of the pledge by means of fulfilment of obligations provided
by the pledge.
- If the obligation
provided by the pledge stipulates fulfilment by parts, the pledge has right
to cease handling of recovery on the subject of the pledge by menus of fulfilment
of expired part of the obligation.
Article
36. Preservation of the pledge in transition of its subject to the third person.
- The pledge remains
in force, if the right of property full economic management of the pawned
item passes to the third person, if the other one is not stipulated by the
Law.
- The consequences,
indicated in the item 1 of the present article came even in case of passing
o rights making the subject of the pledge.
Article
37. Preservation of the pledge in cessation of the claim and transfer of the
debt.
In case
when the pledger yields the claim provided by the pledge to the third person
in the order established by the Law or transfer of the debt by the pledger to
another person, which arose from the obligation provided by the pledge than
the pledge remains in force.
Article
38. Reasons and consequences of cessation of the pledge.
- The right of the pledge
ceases:
- in fulfilment of the obligation provided by the pledge;
- in death of the pawned property, the holder of the pledge takes responsibility
for;
- in expiration of the term of validity of the right making the subject
of the pledge;
- in passing of the rights, making the subject of a pledge to the holder
of the pledge;
- in case of impossibility for the creditor to receive satisfaction of his
claims from the pledge because of expiration of the time of claim;
- in other cases stipulated by the Law.
- If the pledge ceases
because of the fulfilment of the provided claim. The subject of the pledge
which is in disposal of the holder of a pledge, had to be returned to the
pledger.
- In case of refusal
of the holder of a pledge to set the financial obligation provided by the
pledge to fulfilment, the corresponding amount is paid to the deposit of
the notary. If the amount paid to the deposit completely covers debts, the
right of the pledge ceases.
SECTION
II. THE MORTGAGE.
Article
39. the concept of mortgage.
The pledge
of real estate is recognised as the mortgage when the subject of the pledge
stays with the pledger or the third person.
Article
40. The subject of the mortgage.
- Plots of land, perennial
plantations, enterprises, buildings, edifices, apartments or other property
complexes and other property classified to the real estate by the legislation
of Turkmenistan, including the transport vehicles can be the subject of
the mortgage.
- The results of economic
or other usage of the real estate including the products, fruits and other
incomes are independent subject of the pledge, if it is stipulated by the
contract on the mortgage.
Separable
fruits can be the subject of the pledge in case, if they do not become the object
of rights of the third person since its separation.
Article
41. The form of the contract on the mortgage. Registration of the mortgage.
- The contract on the
mortgage has to be certified and registered in the notary.
- The mortgage is registered
in corresponding registries or in land-book in the place of location of
the enterprise, edifice, building or other property object.
In
case of changing the content of obligation provided by the mortgage, and
also in passing of the right of property to another person, the additional
registration is made the same place where the mortgage is. The violation
of the indicated requirement leads to invalidity of the changes made.
- The body making the
state registration of the pledge of the enterprises as a whole is obliged
to give information on registration of the pledge to the bodies, keeping
the landing book, including the places of the territorially separated subdivisions
of the enterprise.
Article
42. The rights of pledger of the mortgage.
If the other one is not
stipulated by the Law or contract, the pledge of a mortgage has right to own
and use the subject of the pledge according to its purpose;
To manage the subject of the pledge by means of its separation and handling
it over the owner of the debt according to the obligation, provided by the pledge
or means of letting.
Article
43. Obligations of the pledger of the mortgage.
If the other one is not
stipulated by the contract the pledger of the mortgage is obliged:
To insure the subject of the pledge to its full cost at his own cost;
Take measures, necessary for keeping the subject of the pledge including capital
and current repairs;
To inform the holder of the pledge on letting of the subject of the pledge;
To provide the property of the same cost, irrespective of the coming of the
time, to fulfil obligation in full extent or partially, in case of the death
of the mortgage.
Article
44. Consequences of violation of obligations by the pledger of a mortgage.
- In case of violation
of obligations by the pledger on taking measures needed for keeping the
subject of the mortgage, the holder of the pledge has right to claim the
fulfilment of the obligation ahead of schedule requiring in case of need
the recovery on the subject of the mortgage.
- In case of violation
of obligations on insuring of the subject of the mortgage by the pledger,
the holder of the pledge has right to claim the fulfilment of the main debt
ahead of schedule or to insure the subject of the mortgage at his own expense
but in the interest of the pledger, charging the expenses on insurance from
him.
- The consequences,
indicated in the items 1 and 2 of the present article come irrespective
of, whether the subject of the mortgage is in the hands of the pledger or
the third person. The pledger takes responsibilities to the holder of the
pledge for the actions of the third person the same way as for his actions.
Article
45. The form and registration of the contract on the mortgage of the transport
vehicles.
- The contract on the
mortgage of civil air, sea and river boats, trains and other transport vehicles
has to be certified by the notary.
- The pledge of transport
vehicles is subjected to obligatory registration in the registries which
kept by the state organisations which register civil air, sea and river
boats and other transport vehicles.
Article
46. The mortgage constructions, buildings and edifices.
- During the mortgage
of the construction, building or edifice the right for a plot where the
indicated objects are located of land simultaneously with them becomes the
subject of the pledge. In these cases when the recovery on the subject of
the pledge is claimed to the person obtaining construction, building, edifice
simultaneously gets the right on the plot of land.
- If the other one is
not stipulated by the Law or contract, the plots of land and also constructions,
buildings and edifices located over there become (are) the independent subjects
of the pledge.
Article
47. The mortgage of plots of lands.
The mortgage
of the plots of land by juridical and physical persons which obtained them in
the conditions of the property right is carried out in the order established
by the land or other legislation of Turkmenistan.
Article
48. The mortgage of enterprise.
- The mortgage of the
enterprise is spread on all its property, including capital funds and circulating
assets and also on other values, reflected in the independent balance of
the enterprise if the other one is established by the Law or the contract.
- According to the claim
of the holder of the pledge the enterprise - the pledger has to present
the annual balance to him.
- In case of not fulfilment
of the obligation by the enterprise provided with the mortgage, the holder
of the pledge has right to take measures on improvement of the financial
situation of the enterprise, stipulated by the contract of the mortgage,
including the appointment of the representatives to the managing bodies
of the enterprise, restriction of the right to dispose the produced products
and property of the enterprise. If the indicated measures did not give corresponding
(positive) results, the holder of the mortgage has right to claim for recovery
to the enterprise.
- If that is stipulated
by the contract or Law, the enterprise transfers to the holder of the pledge.
On this case, the final evaluation of the subject of the pledge is determined
at the moment of transition of the enterprise but only according to the
agreement the pledger and the holder of the pledge, but in case of dispute
on this issue - according to the decision of the corresponding court.
- In case of the absence
of the condition indicated in the item 4 of the present article in the contract
or Law the enterprise the recovery claimed on and being in the mortgage
is sold in auction as united complex in the order stipulated by the legislation
of Turkmenistan . in this case the plot of land reregistered on the new
landowner (land-user).
Article
49. The fulfilment of the obligation provided with the mortgage ahead of schedule.
The pledger
has right to fulfil the obligation provided with the mortgage at any time, if
the contract on the mortgage excludes the opportunity of further pledge of the
same subject of the mortgage.
SECTION
III. THE PLEDGE OF GOODS IN CIRCULATION OR PROCESSING.
Article
50. The concept and the subject of the contract on the pledge of goods in circulation
or processing.
- According to the contract
on the pledge of goods in circulation the pawned property stays in the ownership
of the pledger. He has right to realise this property in condition of simultaneous
repayment of a debt on the obligation provided by the pledge or changing
worn out property by another homogeneous property on the same or bigger
sum of money.
- In case of the pawning
of goods in processing the pawned property staying in ownership of the pledge
can be processed at his production, in this case the right of a pledge is
spread also on the product, (semi-finished products, finished commodity
) which are the products of a such processing.
- The raw materials,
semi-finished products, associated items and ready products can be the subject
of the pawning of goods in circulation and processing.
Article
51. The rights of the pledger in pawning goods in circulation or processing.
In pawning
good in circulation or processing the pledger reserves the right to own, use
and dispose the subject of the pledge.
Article
52. Peculiarities of pawning goods in circulation or processing.
- In pawning of goods
in processing, hanging of content and natural form of the subject of a pledge
(commodity stocks, raw materials, materials, semi-finished products, ready
products, etc.) is admitted in case, that their total value, in this case
does not become less than the one indicated on the contract on the pledge
- In pawning goods in
circulation the realised goods by the pledger cease to be the subject of
the pledge since handling it to the person who obtained goods or transport
organisation for sending goods to the owner or handing them over the post-office
for sending it to the owner of the goods, but the goods obtained by the
pledger which are stipulated in the contract on the pledge become the subject
of the pledge since establishment of the right of property on them (full
economic managing or operative management).
- In case of failing
of the pawned goods, the pledger is obliged to change them by other goods
of the same or bigger cost. Decrease of the cost of the changed good is
admitted only in cases when that is made equivalently to repaid share of
the initial debt.
SECTION
IV. MORTGAGE.
Article
53. The concept of a mortgage.
- Mortgage is a pledge
of personnel property in which the property is the subject of the pledge,
is transferred by the pledger to the ownership of the holder of the pledge.
- According to the agreement
between the holder of a pledge and the pledger, the subject of the mortgage
can be left at the pledger under the lock and the seal of the holder of
the pledge (hard pledge). Individually defined thing can be left in ownership
of the pledger putting signs on it certifying about the mortgage.
Article
54. The rights of the holder of the pledge in the mortgage.
- The holder of the mortgage
has right to use the subject of the mortgage directly stipulated by the contract
on the pledge. The profits and other property benefits obtained by the holder
of the pledge as a result of use of the subject of the mortgage are directed
to cover expenses for maintaining the subject of the mortgage and also counted
towards repayment of the interest on the debt or the debt itself on the obligation
provided by the mortgage.
- If real threat of loss,
shortage or damage of the subject of the mortgage arises not because of the
holder of the pledge, he has right to demand changing of the subject of the
mortgage and in case of refuse of the pledger to meet this demand - to claim
the recovery on the subject of the mortgage before the beginning of the time
of fulfilment of the obligation provided by the mortgage.
Article
55. Obligations of the holder of the pledge in the mortgage.
- In the mortgage the
holder of the pledge if the other one is not stipulated by the contract is
obliged:
- to insure the subject of the mortgage at its full cost at the expense and
in the interests of the pledger;
- to take measures needed for keeping of the subject of the mortgage;
- immediately to inform the pledger on the threat of loss or damage of the
subject of the mortgage;
- regularly to report the pledger on the use of the subject of the mortgage;
- to return immediately the subject of the mortgage after fulfilment of the
obligation provided by the mortgage, pledger or the third person;
- to make profits from the subject of the mortgage in the interest of the
pledger in cases stipulated by the contract;
- to pay taxes and duties connected with owning over thing at the expense
of the pledger.
Article
56. The responsibility of the holder of the pledge for safety of the
subject of the pledge in the mortgage.
- In the mortgage the
holder of the pledge takes responsibility for the death and shortage of the
subject of the pledge in the size of the cost of the loss and for the damage
of the subject of the pledge in the size of money to which the cost of the
pawned thing decreased. In cases when in acceptance of the thing to the mortgage
the evaluation of the subject of the pledge was made the responsibility of
the holder of the pledge should exceed the indicated evaluation.
- If that is stipulated
by the Law or contract, the holder of the pledge has to compensate all losses
to the pledger in full extent caused by the loss, shortage or damage.
- The holder of the pledge
is exempted from the responsibilities for the loss, death or damage of the
subject of the pledge if he proves that the indicated consequences have happened
nor because of him.
- If the holder of the
pledge is a pawnshop or another organisation which giving money to the citizens
for the pledge is the purpose of the economic (business) activity they can
be exempted from responsibility if the holder of the pledge proves that the
loss , death or damage of the subject of the pledge has happened because of
irresistible force or intention or because of the carelessness of the pledger.
Article
57. The opportunity of the fulfilment of the obligation provided by the mortgage
ahead of schedule.
If the
holder of the pledge keeps or uses the subject of the pledge not the right way,
the pledger has the right to demand the cessation of the pledge at any time
or fulfil the obligation provided by the mortgage ahead of schedule.
Article
58. The mortgage of the property in the pawnshop or other organisation realising
pawnshop operations.
- The contract of the
pledge of the property is formed in the pawnshop by means of giving of the
personnel pledge ticket by the pawnshop, which is signed by both parties.
The pledge of the property for providing banking loans is formed by means
of giving of the pledge certificate to the pledger. The form of the ticket
and certificate is certified by the Central Bank of Turkmenistan.
- The pawnshop (other
organisation making the pawnshop operations)is obliged to insure the property
accepted to a pledge at the expense of the pledger according to evaluation
made during receiving of the property to a pledge according to the agreement
of the parties.
- In case of non-payment
of the loan provided by the pledge in time, pawnshop (or other organisation)
has right to sell through commission shop this property at the real cost but
not less than fixed evaluation. After payment of the debt or other expenses
(article 26) the remainder of the received sum is immediately returned to
the pledge.
- Regulation on the pawnshop
is certified by the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.
- The pawnshop based on
non-state forms of ownership, and also other organisation making the pawnshop
operations are guided in their activity by the present Law and their Charter.
SECTION
V. THE PLEDGE OF RIGHTS.
Article
59. The content of the contract on the mortgage of rights.
- Together with the conditions
stipulated by the articles 12 and 13 of the present Law, in the contract on
the pledge, it had to be indicated the person which is the debts ij relation
to the pledger. The pledger has to inform his debtor about the pawning of
right which has taken place. If the other one is not established by the contract
on the pawning of rights, the person who is the debtor in relation to the
pledger, has to fulfil the obligation to the holder of a pledge.
- The cost of the subject
of the pledge in the contract on the pawning of the rights having no monetary
evaluation is determined according the agreement of parties.
Article
60. Obligation of the pledger in pawning the rights.
1. In
pawning rights, if the other one is not stipulated by the contract, the pledger
is obliged:
- To make actions, need
to provide the reality of the pawned right;
- Not to make concession
of the pawned right;
- Not to make actions,
causing the cessation of the pawned right;
- Take measures, need
for protection of the pawned right from encroachment of the third persons;
- To notify the holder
of the pledge on changing has taken on the pawned rights, its violation by
the third persons and on claims of third persons to that right.
2. Rules,
stipulated in the item 1 of the present article are used to the successors of
the pledger concerning to the pawned right.
Article
61. The right of the holder of the pledge in pawning rights.
In pawning rights, if the
other one is not stipulated by the contract, the holder of a pledge has right
to:
- to demand in the court transition of the pawned right to him for the period
up to repayment of the obligation provided by the pledge irrespective of the
tine of beginning fulfilment of the obligation provided by the pledge, if the
pledger did not fulfil obligations stipulated by the article 60 of the present
Law;
- to join a business as a the third person, where a claim on the pawned right
is considered;
- independently take measures needed for defending of the pawned right from
violation of the third persons in case of non-fulfilment of the obligations
by the pledger, stipulated by sub-clause 'g' of the article 60 of the present
Law.
Article
62. The form of the contract on the pawning of rights on plots of land and other
natural objects.
The contract
on pawning right on the plots of land, plots of forests, bowels of the earth,
water has to be certified and certified in the notary.
Article
63. Consequences of the fulfilment of the obligation by debtor to the pledger.
- If the debtor of the
pledger will fulfil his obligation before the fulfilment by the pledger of
the obligation provided by the pledge than every thing received by the pledger
becomes the subject of the pledge and the pledger is obliged to inform the
holder of the pledge about that immediately.
- In receiving of the
sum of money from his debtor at the count of fulfilment of obligation the
pledger is obliged according to the claim of the holder of a pledge to transfer
corresponding account of money to the count of fulfilment of the obligation
provided by the pledge, if the other one is not fixed by the contract on the
pledge.
SECTION
VI. THE PLEDGE OF SECURITIES.
Article
64. The order of concluding the contract on the pawning of securities.
- The pawning of the bill
or any other security, which can be transferred by means of endorsement is
made by means of endorsement or handing of endorsed security to the holder
of pledge, of the other one is not stipulated by the Law or the contract.
- Pawning of the security,
not transferred by means of endorsement is made by means of agreement of the
holder of a pledge and the person on whose name the security was issued.
Article
65. The subject of the contract on he pawning of securities.
If the
other one is not stipulated by the Law or contract, certificates on interests,
dividends and other profits from the right expressed in the security are the
objects of the contract on the pledge only in case, if this certificates are
transferred to the creditor of the pledge obligation.
SECTION
VII. GUARANTEED OF THE RIGHT OF THE HOLDER OF THE PLEDGE.
Article
66. Invariability of the contract on the pledge.
If after
conclusion of the contract on a pledge, the rules making worse the situation
of the pledger and (or) the holder of a pledge were fixed, then the conditions
of the contract are in force for the whole of its action.
PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN
SAPARMURAT TURKMENBASHY
Ashgabat, October, 01st,
1993