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LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1936 - SECT 36

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1936 - SECT 36

36—Personal injuries

        (1)         All actions in which the damages claimed consist of or include damages in respect of personal injuries to any person, shall be commenced within three years next after the cause of action accrued but not after.

        (1a)         However, in the case of a personal injury that remains latent for some time after its cause, the period of 3 years mentioned in subsection (1) begins to run when the injury first comes to the person's knowledge.

        (2)         In this section—

"personal injuries" include any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition.