Limitation Act 1959 - Singapore Statutes Online

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3 Saving for other limitation laws

4 Limitation not to operate as a bar unless specially pleaded

5 Part 2 to be subject to Part 3

6 Limitation of actions of contract and tort and certain other actions

6A Special time limit for claiming contribution

7 Limitation in case of successive conversions and extinction of title of owner of converted goods

8 Limitation of certain actions in respect of revenue matters

9 Limitation of actions to recover land

10 Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land

11 Accrual of right of action in case of future interests in land

12 Provisions in case of land held on trust

13 Accrual of right of action in case of certain tenancies

14 Accrual of right of action in case of forfeiture or breach of condition

15 Right of action not to accrue or continue unless there is adverse possession

17 No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual claim

18 Right of person out of possession extinguished

19 Administrator’s claim to date back to death

20 Limitation of actions to recover rent

21 Limitation of actions to recover money secured by mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of sale of land

22 Limitation of actions in respect of trust property

23 Limitation of actions claiming personal estate of deceased person

24 Extension of limitation period in case of disability

24A Time limits for negligence, nuisance and breach of duty actions in respect of latent injuries and damage

24B Overriding time limit for negligence, nuisance and breach of duty actions involving latent injuries and damage

24C Transitional provisions relating to section 24A

25 Extension of limitation period where debtor administers estate of his creditor

26 Fresh accrual of action on acknowledgment or part payment

27 Formal provisions as to acknowledgments and part payments

28 Effect of acknowledgment or part payment on persons other than the maker or recipient

29 Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud or mistake

31 Provisions as to set-off or counterclaim

33 Application to Government

34 Provisions as to actions already barred and pending actions

35 Exclusion of occupation and moratorium periods

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Amended by
Act 25 of 2021

Amended by
Act 40 of 2019

Amended by
Act 2 of 2012

Amended by
Act 21 of 2008

Amended by
Act 7 of 2009

Amended by
Act 37 of 2001

Amended by
Act 45 of 1998

Amended by
Act 27 of 1993

Amended by
Act 22 of 1992

Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud or mistake

29.—(1) Where, in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act —

(a)	the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant or his agent or of any person through whom he claims or his agent;
(b)	the right of action is concealed by the fraud of any such person as aforesaid; or
(c)	the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake,

the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the claimant has discovered the fraud or the mistake, as the case may be, or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it.

[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]

(2) Nothing in this section shall enable any action to be brought to recover, or enforce any charge against, or set aside any transaction affecting, any property which —

(a)	in the case of fraud, has been purchased for valuable consideration by a person who was not a party to the fraud and did not at the time of the purchase know or have reason to believe that any fraud had been committed; or
(b)	in the case of mistake, has been purchased for valuable consideration, subsequently to the transaction in which the mistake was made, by a person who did not know or have reason to believe that the mistake had been made.

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