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Limitation Act (No. 8 of 1997).

País/Territorio
Antigua y Barbuda
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1997
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Official publication, pp. 1-22.
Título completo
An Act to make provision for the limitation of actions.
Materia
Tierra y suelos
Palabra clave
Procedimientos judiciales/procedimientos administrativos Solución de controversias Propiedad
Área geográphica
Americas, Caribe, América Latina y el Caribe, Atlántico Norte, Pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo
Entry into force notes
12 June 1997.
Resumen

This Act gives the ordinary time limits for bringing actions of the various classes mentioned in the Act and section 33 extends the applicability of the Act also to arbitration. Actions include various actions in respect of land: section 17 provides for the time limit for an action to recover land or rent (time limit of 12 years but does not apply to Crown land (sect. 17). Section 20 declares that provisions of the Act shall apply to equitable interests in land, including interests in the proceeds of the sale of land held upon trust for sale and to legal estates. Various time limits are prescribed for actions for the recovery of money either secured by land rights or being a result from rights in land or being the proceeds of the sale of land.

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