LIMITATION ACT 1969 - SECT 50F
Effect of disability on limitation period
LIMITATION ACT 1969 - SECT 50F
Effect of disability on limitation period
50F Effect of disability on limitation period
(1) If a person has a cause of action for which a limitation period has
commenced to run and the person is under a disability, the running of the
limitation period is suspended for the duration of the disability.
(2) A
person is
"under a disability" while the person--
"capable parent or guardian" of a minor means a person who is a parent or
guardian of the minor and who is not under a disability (as referred to in
subsection (2)).
"incapacitated person" means a person who is incapable of, or substantially
impeded in, the management of his or her affairs in relation to the cause of
action in respect of the limitation period for which the question arises, by
reason of--
(a) any disease or any impairment of his or her physical or mental
condition, or
(b) restraint of his or her person, lawful or unlawful,
including detention or custody under the Mental Health Act 1990 , or
(c) war
or warlike operations or circumstances arising out of war or warlike
operations.
"protected person" means--
(a) a person in respect of whose person another
person is guardian, whether under the Guardianship Act 1987 or any other Act
or law, or