Limitation

Cap. 170 · Revised Edition 2020 · 39 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Part II to be subject to provisions of Part III relating to disability, acknowledgment, fraud, etc
s. 4Limitation of actions of contract and tort, and certain other actions
s. 5Action for account
s. 6Action upon specialty
s. 7Action upon judgment
s. 8Action for recovery of penalty or forfeiture
s. 9Action to recover seamen’s wages
s. 10Action for specific performance, etc
s. 11Limitation in case of successive conversions and extinction of title of owner of converted goods
s. 12Limitation of action to recover land
s. 13Accrual of right of action in case of present interest in land
s. 14Accrual of right of action in case of future interests
s. 15Provisions in case of settled land and land held on trust
s. 16Accrual of right of action in case of forfeiture or breach of condition
s. 17Accrual of right of action in case of certain tenancies
s. 18Right of action not to accrue or continue unless there is adverse possession
s. 19Cure of defective disentailing assurance
s. 20No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual claim
s. 21Administration to date back to death
s. 22Extinction of title after expiration of period
s. 23Limitation of actions to recover rent
s. 24Limitation of actions to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge
s. 25Limitation of actions in respect of trust property
s. 26Limitation of actions claiming personal estate of a deceased person
s. 27Limitation of actions against public authorities
s. 28Extension of limitation period in case of disability
s. 29Fresh accrual of action on acknowledgment or part payment
s. 30Formal provisions as to acknowledgments and part payments
s. 31Effect of acknowledgment or part payment on persons other than the maker or recipient
s. 32Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud or mistake
s. 33Application of Act and other limitation enactments to arbitration
s. 34Provisions as to set-off or counterclaim
s. 35Acquiescence
s. 36Application to the State
s. 37Saving for other Limitation enactments
s. 38Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions
s. 39Actions by certain societies or organisations