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

Limitation of actions of contract and tort and certain other actions

6.—(1) Subject to this Act, the following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued:

(a)	actions founded on a contract or on tort;
(b)	actions to enforce a recognizance;
(c)	actions to enforce an award;
(d)	actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any written law other than a penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture.

(2) An action for an account shall not be brought in respect of any matter which arose more than 6 years before the commencement of the action.

(3) An action upon any judgment shall not be brought after the expiration of 12 years from the date on which the judgment became enforceable and no arrears of interest in respect of any judgment debt shall be recovered after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the interest became due.

(4) An action to recover any penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture recoverable by virtue of any Act or other written law shall not be brought after the expiration of one year from the date on which the cause of action accrued.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), “penalty” shall not include a fine to which a person is liable on conviction for a criminal offence.

(6) Nothing in this section shall apply to —

(a)	any cause of action within the admiralty jurisdiction of the General Division of the High Court which is enforceable in rem other than an action to recover the wages of seamen; or
(b)	any action to recover money secured by any mortgage of or charge on land or personal property. [40/2019]

(7) Subject to sections 22 and 32, this section shall apply to all claims for specific performance of a contract or for an injunction or for other equitable relief whether the same be founded upon any contract or tort or upon any trust or other ground in equity.

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