Limitation of action to recover land

(1) No action shall be brought by the State to recover any land after the expiration of thirty years from the date on which the right of action accrued to the State or, if it first accrued to some person through whom the State claims, to that person, Provided that an action to recover foreshore may be brought by the State at any time before the expiration of sixty years from the date on which the right of action accrued to the State, and where any right of action to recover land, which has ceased to be foreshore but remains in the ownership of the State, accrued when the land was foreshore, the action may be brought at any time before the expiration of sixty years from the date of the accrual of the right of action, or of thirty years from the date when the land ceased to be foreshore, whichever period first expires. (2) No action shall be brought by any other person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or, if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims, to that Provided that, if the right of action first accrued to the State through whom the person bringing the action claims, the action may be brought at any time before the expiration of the period during which the action could have been brought by the State or of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to some person other than the State, whichever period first expires.