LIMITATION ACT 1969 - As at 1 July 2021 - Act 31 of 1969
- As at 1 July 2021
- Act 31 of 1969
Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
- 1 Name of Act and commencement
- 2 Construction
3, 4. (Repealed)
- 5 Saving
- 6 Transitional provisions
- 6A No limitation period for child abuse actions
- 7 Other limitations
- 8 Saving of specified enactments
- 9 Acquiescence etc
- 10 The Crown
- 11 Definitions
- 11A Notes
PART 2 - PERIODS OF LIMITATION AND RELATED MATTERS
Division 1 - Preliminary
- 12 Relationship to Part 3
- 13 More than one bar
Division 2 - General
- 14 General
- 14A Frustrated contract
- 14B Defamation
- 14C Defamation--single publication rule
- 15 Accounts
- 16 Deed
- 17 Judgment
- 18 Penalty and forfeiture
- 18A Personal injury
- 19 Compensation to relatives
- 20 Arbitral award
- 21 Successive wrongs to goods
- 22 Shipping
- 23 Equitable relief
- 24 Arrears of income
- 25 Relief against forfeiture of lease
- 26 Contribution between tort-feasors
Division 3 - Land
Division 5 - Trusts
PART 3 - POSTPONEMENT OF THE BAR
Division 1 - General
Division 2 - Disability, confirmation, fraud and mistake
- 52 Disability
- 53 Notice to proceed
- 54 Confirmation
- 55 Fraud and deceit
- 56 Mistake
Division 2A - Defamation
- 56A Extension of limitation period by court
- 56B Effect of order
- 56C Costs
- 56D Prior expiry of limitation period
Division 3 - Personal injury cases arising before 2002 amendments
Subdivision 1 - Discovery
- 57 Purpose of this Subdivision
- 57A This Subdivision applies only to old causes of action
- 57B Interpretation
- 58 Ordinary action
- 59 Surviving action
- 60 Compensation to relatives
Subdivision 2 - Secondary limitation period
- 60A Purpose of this Subdivision
- 60B Subdivision applies only to new causes of action
- 60C Ordinary action (including surviving action)
- 60D Compensation to relatives
- 60E Matters to be considered by court
Subdivision 3 - Discretionary extension for latent injury etc
- 60F Purpose of this Subdivision
- 60G Ordinary action (including surviving action)
- 60H Compensation to relatives
- 60I Matters to be considered by court
- 60J Operation of this Subdivision
Subdivision 4 - General
- 60K Effect of order
- 60L Costs
- 60M Prior expiry of limitation period or extinction of right
- 61 Prior bar ineffective
- 62 Evidence
Division 4 - Personal injury cases arising after 2002 amendments
- 62A Extension of 12 year long-stop limitation period
- 62B Matters to be considered in determining application for extension of 12 year long-stop limitation period
- 62C Special provisions for compensation to relatives action
- 62D Extension of limitation period where irrational failure to bring action for minor
- 62E Costs
- 62F Effect of expiry of limitation period prior to extension
PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS
Division 1 - Extinction of right and title
- 63 Debt, damages etc
- 64 Account
- 65 Property
- 66 Instrument under Real Property Act
- 67 Future interest in land
- 68 Possessory lien
- 68A Extinction of right or title must be alleged in proceedings
Division 2 - Arbitration
- 69 Interpretation
- 70 Application of this Act
- 71 Accrual
- 72 Commencement
- 73 Extension of limitation period
Division 3 - General
- 73A Defamation--effect of provisions concerning electronic defamatory publications on other laws
- 74 Set off etc
- 75 Joint right
- 76 Joint liability
- 77 Rules of Court
- 78 Characterisation of limitation laws