Hong Kong Ordinances

LIMITATION ORDINANCE

- CHAPTER 347

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
   2.      Interpretation
   3.      Part II to be subject to Part III
   4.      Limitation of actions of contract and tort, and certain other
           actions
   5.      Limitation in case of successive conversions and extinction of title
           of owner of converted goods
   6.      Time limit for claiming contribution
   7.      Limitation of actions to recover land
   8.      Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land
   9.      Accrual of right of action in case of future interests
   10.     Provisions in case of land held on trust
   11.     Accrual of right of action in case of forfeiture or breach of
           condition
   12.     Accrual of right of action in case of certain tenancies
   13.     Right of action not to accrue or continue unless there is adverse
           possession
   14.     Limitation of redemption actions
   15.     No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual
           claim
   16.     Administration to date back to death
   17.     Extinction of title after expiration of period
   18.     Limitation of actions to recover rent
   19.     Limitation of action to recover money secured by a mortgage or
           charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land
   20.     Limitation of actions in respect of trust property
   21.     Limitation of actions claiming personal estate of a deceased person
   22.     Extension of limitation period in case of disability
   22A.    Extension for cases where the limitation period is the period under
           section 31(4)(b)
   23.     Fresh accrual of action on acknowledgment or part payment
   24.     Formal provisions as to acknowledgments and part payments
   25.     Effect of acknowledgment or part payment on persons other than the
           maker or recipient
   26.     Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud, concealment or
           mistake
   27.     Time limit for personal injuries
   28.     Time limit for actions under Fatal Accidents Ordinance (Cap 22)
   29.     Dependants subject to different time limits
   30.     Court's power to override time limits
   31.     Special time limit for negligence actions where facts relevant to
           cause of action are not known at date of accrual
   32.     Overriding time limit for negligence actions not involving personal
           injuries
   33.     (Repealed 67 of 1976 s. 5)
   34.     Application of Ordinance and other limitation enactments to
           arbitrations
   35.     New claims in pending actions: rules of court
   36.     Acquiescence
   37.     Application to the Crown
   38.     Transitional provisions and provisions as to actions already barred
   38A.    Transitional provisions relating to 1991 amendments
   39.     Cessations of application
   40.     Saving
           SCHEDULE


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