Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Limitation of actions
(1)
No action shall be maintainable to enforce any claim or lien against a ship or her owners in respect of any damage or loss to another ship, her cargo or freight, or any property on board her, or damages for loss of life or personal injuries suffered by any person on board her, caused by the fault of the former ship, whether such ship be wholly or partly in fault, unless proceedings therein are commenced within 2 years from the date when the damage, loss or injury was caused.
(2)
An action shall not be maintainable under this Act to enforce any contribution in respect of an overpaid proportion of any damages for loss of life or personal injuries unless proceedings therein are commenced within one year from the date of payment.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), any court having jurisdiction to deal with an action to which this section relates —
may, in accordance with the Rules of Court, extend any such period, to such extent and on such conditions as it thinks fit; and
shall, if satisfied that there has not during such period been any reasonable opportunity of arresting the defendant ship within the jurisdiction of the court, or within the territorial waters of the country to which the plaintiff’s ship belongs or in which the plaintiff resides or has his principal place of business, extend any such period to an extent sufficient to give such reasonable opportunity.