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6 (1) (a) |
Actions founded on a contract or tort |
6 years |
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6 (1) (b) |
Actions to enforce a recognisance |
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6 (1) (c) |
Actions to enforce an award |
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6 (1) (d) |
Actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any written law other than a penalty or forfeiture or of a sum by way of penalty or forfeiture |
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6 (3) |
Actions upon any judgment |
12 years from the date on which the judgment became enforceable |
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6 (3) |
Actions for arrears of interest in respect of any judgment debt |
6 years from the date on which the interest became due |
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6 (4) |
Action to recover any penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture recoverable by virtue of any written law |
1 year from the date on which the cause of action accrued – provided that for the purpose of this subsection the expression “penalty” shall not include a fine to which a person is liable on conviction for a criminal offence. |
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9 (1) |
Action to recover any land |
12 years from the date on which the right of action accrued to the person, or if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims, to that person |
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21 (1) |
Action to recover any principal sum of money secured by a mortgage or other charge on land or personal property or to enforce such mortgage or charge, or to recover proceeds of the sale of land or personal property |
12 years from the date when the right to receive the money accrued |
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22(1) |
Exclusion of limitation period in relation to trust property |
No period of limitation prescribed by this Act shall apply to an action by a beneficiary under a trust, being an action—
(a) in respect of any fraud or fraudulent breach of trust to which the trustee was a party or privy; or
(b) to recover from the trustee trust property or the proceeds thereof in the possession of the trustee, or previously received by the trustee and converted to his use. |
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23 |
Subject to subsection 22(1) of the Limitation Act 1953, an action in respect of any claim to the personal estate of a deceased person or to any share or interest in such estate, whether under a will or on intestacy |
12 years from the date when the right to receive the share or interest accrued |
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23 |
Action to recover arrears of interest in respect of any legacy, or damages in respect of such arrears |
6 years from the date on which the interest became due |