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No. 6/1957:
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, 1957
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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PART I PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
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1 Short title and commencement.
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2 General provisions as to interpretation.
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3 Application to the State.
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4 Non-application to proceedings in respect of the forfeiture of a ship.
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5 Saving for equitable jurisdiction to refuse relief for acquiescence or otherwise.
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6 Provisions as to set-off and counterclaim.
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7 Saving for other limitation enactments in respect of actions.
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8 Provisions as to actions barred and pending on the operative date.
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9 Repeals.
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PART II PERIODS OF LIMITATION FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF ACTION
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10 Part II to be subject to provisions of Part III relating to disability, acknowledgement, part payment, fraud and mistake.
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11 Limitation of actions of contract and tort and certain other actions.
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12 Limitation in case of successive conversions, and extinction of title of owner of converted goods.
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13 Limitation of actions to recover land.
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14 Accrual of right of action (present interests in land).
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15 Accrual of right of action (future interests in land).
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16 Accrual of right of action (forfeiture or breach of condition).
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17 Accrual of right of action (certain tenancies).
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18 Right of action not to accrue unless there is adverse possession.
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19 Cure of defective disentailing assurance.
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20 No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual claim.
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21 Possession of one co-parcener, etc., not to be possession of others.
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22 Possession of younger brother, etc., not to be possession of heir.
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23 Administration to date back to death.
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24 Extinction of title to land after expiration of period limited for actions to recover land.
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25 Equitable estates in land, and land held on trust.
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26 Actions to recover settled chattels.
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27 Limitation of actions to recover arrears of a rentcharge.
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28 Limitation of actions to recover arrears of a conventional rent.
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29 Warrants under section 28 of the Land Act 1933.
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30 Limitation of actions to recover arrears of dower.
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31 Limitation of actions to recover arrears of annuity charged on personal property.
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32 Limitation of actions by incumbrancers claiming sale of land.
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33 Extinction of title of mortgagee to mortgaged land after expiration of period for action claiming sale of land.
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34 Limitation of redemption actions (land).
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35 Extinction of title of mortgagor to mortgaged land after expiration of period for action to redeem land.
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36 Limitation of actions to recover principal money secured by a charge on land or personal property.
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37 Limitation of actions to recover arrears of interest on a mortgage or charge.
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38 Extinction of right of mortgagee or chargeant to mortgage debt at expiration of period for action to recover land or claiming sale of land.
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39 Extinction of right of mortgage or chargeant to principal sum secured by mortgage or charge on personal property after expiration of period for action to recover principal sum.
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40 Limitation of actions in respect of certain personal rights in or over land, such as right of support, etc.
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41 Extinction of personal right in or over land, such as right of support, etc., after expiration of period for action in respect of such right.
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42 Restriction on recovery under section 26 of the Agricultural Credit Act, 1947, of interest on chattel mortgages.
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43 Limitation of actions against trustees.
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44 Exclusion of actions against trustees in cases of fraud or retention of trust property.
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45 Limitation of actions to recover personal estate of deceased persons.
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46 Exclusion of actions against personal representatives in cases of fraud.
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PART III EXTENSION OF LIMITATION PERIODS IN CASE OF DISABILITY, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, PART PAYMENT, FRAUD AND MISTAKE
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CHAPTER I Interpretation
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47 Interpretation (Part III).
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CHAPTER II Disability
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48 Person under a disability.
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49 Extension of limitation period in case of disability.
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CHAPTER III Acknowledgment
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50 Meaning of "acknowledgement".
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51 Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgement (action to recover land).
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52 Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action by mortgages to recover land).
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53 Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgement (action by incumbrancer claiming sale of land).
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54 Effect of acknowledgment on right of action to redeem mortgaged land in mortgagee's possession.
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55 Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action in respect of personal right in or over land, such as right of support, etc).
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56 Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action to recover debt).
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57 Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action claiming personal estate of deceased person).
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58 Formal provisions as to acknowledgment.
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59 Effect of acknowledgment on persons other than the maker of recipient.
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60 Exemption of acknowledgment from stamp duty.
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CHAPTER IV Part payment
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61 Meaning of "payment".
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62 Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action by mortgagee to recover land).
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63 Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action by incumbrancer claiming sale of land).
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64 Effect of payment on right of action to redeem mortgaged land in mortgagee's possession.
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65 Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action to recover debt).
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66 Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action claiming personal estate of deceased person).
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67 Formal provisions as to payment.
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68 Effect of payment on persons other than the maker or recipient.
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69 Appropriation of payment in respect of debts.
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70 Endorsement of payment by creditor not to be evidence of payment.
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CHAPTER V Fraud and mistake
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71 Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud.
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72 Postponement of limitation period in case of mistake.
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PART IV APPLICATION OF THIS ACT AND OF LIMITATION ENACTMENTS TO ARBITRATIONS
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73 Interpretation (Part IV).
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74 Commencement of arbitration.
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75 Application of Act and other limitation enactments to arbitrations.
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76 Accrual of cause of action where agreement makes award thereunder a condition precedent to commencement of action.
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77 Power of Court to extend time where it sets aside award or orders arbitration to cease to have effect.
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78 Application of Part IV to arbitrations under other Acts.
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79 Saving for other enactments relating to limitation of arbitrations.
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80 Arbitrations pending on the operative date.
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SCHEDULE
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AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE WITH AMENDMENTS CERTAIN ENACTMENTS RELATING TO THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS AND ARBITRATIONS.
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[2nd May, 1957.]
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
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