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Limitation Act 1939

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34: 168:. Part II allows for a "resetting" of the limitation period in situations where the party is insane, not a legal adult or imprisoned for either the death penalty or for penal servitude. 164:. The period runs from the point where the injury or problem was created, not from when it was discovered; thus, the Act replicates problems later solved by the 153:
and is divided into three parts, with Part I dealing with limitation periods, Part II dealing with exceptions and Part III dealing with general matters.
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An Act to consolidate with amendments certain enactments relating to the limitation of actions and arbitrations.
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Section 2 of Part I introduces a new limitation period; six years for all cases in
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in England & Wales. The Act was based on the fifth report of the
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
2 & 3 Geo. 6
Royal assent
Commencement
Repealed by
Limitation Act 1980
2 & 3 Geo. 6
Act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
limitation periods
Law Revision Committee
tort
contract
Limitation Act 1963
"Royal Assent"
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
Unger (1940)
Unger (1940)
"Limitation Act, 1939"
Modern Law Review
Blackwell Publishing
doi
10.1111/j.1468-2230.1940.tb02730.x
ISSN
0026-7961
Categories
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1939
Statutes of limitations

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