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LIMITATION ACT 1974 - SECT 6 Conversion, &c., of goods

LIMITATION ACT 1974 - SECT 6

Conversion, &c., of goods

(1)  Where –
(a) any cause of action in respect of the conversion or wrongful detention of a chattel has accrued to any person; and
(b) a further conversion or wrongful detention of that chattel takes place before he recovers possession of the chattel –
no action shall be brought in respect of that further conversion or detention after the expiration of 6 years from the accrual of the cause of action in respect of the original conversion or detention.
(2)  Where –
(a) a cause of action has accrued to any person in respect of the conversion or wrongful detention of a chattel;
(b) the period limited for the bringing of that action and any action in respect of any further conversion or wrongful detention of that chattel has expired; and
(c) he has not during that period recovered possession of the chattel –
his title to the chattel is extinguished.