(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the mortgage, after the effective date of this provision, every partial prepayment of a mortgage loan subsidized according to the subsidy program established herein shall serve to reduce the amount of each installment instead of reducing the number of installments due. This provision shall also apply to the partial prepayments made within the year following the effective date of this provision with regard to subsidized mortgage loans, when this provision becomes effective.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 3163 of Title 31, in the event that the Housing Bank and Finance Agency of Puerto Rico fully prepays any subsidized mortgage without the knowledge and consent of the mortgagor, the Housing Bank and Finance Agency of Puerto Rico shall be subrogated to the rights of the mortgagee. History —June 14, 1980, No. 141, p. 527, added as § 5A on July 11, 1986, No. 115, p. 366, § 6.
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