LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1974 - As at 20 September 2023 - Act 75 of 1974
- As at 20 September 2023
- Act 75 of 1974
Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
3. (Repealed)
- 5 Interpretation
- 6 Application to Crown
- 7 Saving of other limitations
- 8 Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions
PART 2 - PERIODS OF LIMITATION FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF ACTIONS
- 9 Application
- 10 Actions of contract and tort and certain other actions
- 10AA Defamation actions
- 10AB Defamation actions—single publication rule
- 10A Actions to recover tax
- 11 Actions in respect of personal injury
- 11A No limitation period for actions for child abuse
- 12 Actions in cases of successive conversions and extinction of title of owners of converted goods
- 13 Actions to recover land
- 14 Accrual of right of action in cases of present interests in land
- 15 Accrual of right of action in cases of future interests in land
- 16 Provisions in cases of land held in trust
- 17 Accrual of right of action in cases of forfeiture or breach of condition
- 18 Accrual of right of action in cases of certain tenancies
- 19 Right of action not to accrue or continue unless there is adverse possession
- 20 Redemption actions
- 21 Right of action not preserved by formal entry or continual claim
- 22 Application of limitation as between joint owners
- 23 Administration to date back to death
- 24 Extinction of title after expiration of period of limitation
- 25 Actions to recover rent
- 26 Actions to recover money secured by mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land
- 27 Actions in respect of trust property
- 28 Actions claiming personal estate of a deceased person
PART 3 - EXTENSION OF PERIODS OF LIMITATION
- 29 Extension in cases of disability
- 30 Interpretation
30A. (Repealed)
- 31 Ordinary actions
- 32 Surviving actions
- 32A Defamation actions
- 33 Prior bar ineffective
- 34 Practice
- 35 Fresh accrual of action on acknowledgment or part payment
- 36 Formal provisions as to acknowledgment and part payment
- 37 Effect of acknowledgment or part payment on a person other than the maker or recipient
- 38 Postponement in cases of fraud or mistake
- 39 Costs
- 40 Contribution between tortfeasors
PART 4 - GENERAL
- 41 Application to arbitrations
- 41A Defamation actions—effect of limitation law concerning electronic publications on other laws
- 42 Provisions as to set-off or counterclaim
- 43 Acquiescence
- 43A Characterisation of limitation laws
PART 5 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
PART 6 - (Repealed)
PART 7 - (Repealed)