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Limitation Act (No. 8 of 1997).

Pays/Territoire
Antigua-et-Barbuda
Type du document
Législation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Official publication, pp. 1-22.
Titre complet
An Act to make provision for the limitation of actions.
Sujet
Terre et sols
Mot clé
Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Règlement des différends Propriété
Aire géographique
Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Petits états insulaires en développement
Entry into force notes
12 June 1997.
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais