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PUBLIC LAW 7 8 1 - S E P T. 3, 1954
except as provided in section 1105 of this title, and shall be conclusive evidence that the mortgage or loan complies fully with the provisions of this title and of the approval of the principal amount, interest rate, and all other terms of the mortgage or loan and of the mortgagor or borrower and of the mortgagee or lender; and any contract or commitment of insurance so entered into shall be incontestable from the date as of which such contract or commitment is entered into, except for fraud, duress, or mutual mistake of fact.-' SEC. 6. Section 1106 (46 U.S.C. 1276) is amended to read as follows: "No provision of this title shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to insure a mortgage securing any loan or advance made prior to the enactment of this title, and no mortgage shall be insured for refinancing in whole or in part any existing mortgage indebtedness except— "(1) where a substantial portion of the total amount to be secured by the new mortgage, not to extend beyond the maturity date of the original mortgage, shall be applied to new construction, reconditioning, or reconstruction of one or more of the mortgaged vessels: Provided, however, That the aggregate amount of all mortgages insured under this paragraph and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $20,000,000, and provided that all of the eligibility requirements of section 1104 (46 IJ, S. C. 1274) not inconsistent with this paragraph are complied with; "(2) where the Secretary of Commerce has insured a mortgage under the provisions of this title, and the mortgagor thereafter makes application to the mortgagee or another lender for an additional loan or advance for reconditioning or reconstructing the mortgaged property, the Secretary of Commerce may insure a new mortgage, not to extend beyond the maturity date of the original mortgage, in the amount of the principal outstanding balance of the original mortgage plus the amount of the additional loan, provided the amount of the additional loan is within the limits of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 1104 (46 U.S.C. 1274) and the new mortgage conforms to the eligibility requirements of all the other paragraphs of said subsection (a); "(3) where the Secretary of Commerce has insured a mortgage under the provisions of this title, the Secretary of Commerce may insure a new mortgage for the purpose of refunding such mortgage: Provided, That the principal amount of the new mortgage shall not exceed the then unpaid principal amotint of the original mortgage; that the interest rate on the new mortgage shall not be higher than the interest rate on the original mortgage; that the maturity date of the new mortgage shall not be later than the maturity date of the original mortgage; and that the new mortgage shall otherwise conform to the eligiliility requirements of subsection (a) of section 1104 (46 U.S.C. 1274); or "(4) the Secretary of Commerce may insure mortgages given to finance the purchase of vessels theretofore acquired by the fund under the provisions of section 1105 (46 U.S.C. 1275) and to secure loans or advances made for reconditioning and reconstruction of such vessels." SEC. 7. Section 1107 (46 U.S.C. 1277) is amended to read as follows: "Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining any loan or advance of credit from any person, partnership, association, or corporation with the intent that such loan or advance of credit shall be offered to or
1275 46 USC 1275.
Prior l o a n s; refinancing.
F a l s e statement, etc.
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