Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

MERCANTILE LAW ACT 1962 - SECT 15

    (1)     This section applies to—

        (a)     a promise made by a person after becoming an adult to pay a debt contracted by the person when the person was a child; or

        (b)     the ratification by a person after becoming an adult of a promise or simple contract made by the person when the person was a child.

    (2)     The promise or ratification is not enforceable by a proceeding against the person unless it was made in writing signed by the person.