The Act New section 10A – Powers in relation to concurrent proceedings for sequestration or analogous remedy Registration and creation etc. Section 42 – Assignation of floating charges
128.The existing legislation contains no provision on assignation of floating charges but in one first instance judicial decision (Libertas–Kommerz v Johnson, 1977 SC 191) it was held that a floating charge was assignable on general principles of law. Section 42(1) gives statutory affirmation of the assignability of a floating charge and further provides for vesting in the assignee on registration in the Register of Floating Charges. Subsection (2) makes clear that partial assignation is possible. Subsection (3) is necessary since a floating charge may transfer not only by voluntary assignation but also by operation of law (e.g. on sequestration of the holder, the floating charge transfers to the trustee).