Singapore legislation
Section 24
Section 24
Extension of limitation period in case of disability
(1)
If, on the date when any right of action accrued for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act, the person to whom it accrued was under a disability, the action may be brought at any time before the expiration of —
6 years;
in the case of actions to which section 24A(2) applies, 3 years; or
in the case of actions to which section 6(4) or section 8 applies, one year,from the date when the person ceased to be under a disability or died, whichever event first occurred, notwithstanding that the period of limitation has expired.
(2)
In any case to which section 29 applies, subsection (1) shall apply as if the date from which the period of limitation begins to run were substituted for the date when the right of action accrued.
(3)
Where any such person as is referred to in subsection (1) was on such date under 2 disabilities or where before the disability which he was under on such date had ceased he was affected by another disability, he shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have continued under a disability until both the disabilities have ceased.
(4)
When one of several joint creditors or claimants is under any such disability, and when a discharge can be given without the concurrence of that person, time will run against them all.
(5)
Where no discharge under subsection (4) can be given, time will not run as against any of them until all those persons cease to be under a disability or until one of them becomes capable of giving a discharge without the concurrence of the others whichever shall first occur.
(6)
This section shall take effect subject to the following provisions:
nothing in this section shall affect any case where the right of action first accrued to some person not under a disability through whom the person under a disability claims;
when a right of action which has accrued to a person under a disability accrues, on the death of that person while still under a disability, to another person under a disability no further extension of time shall be allowed by reason of the disability of the second person;
no action to recover land or money charged on land for which a period of limitation is prescribed under this Act shall be brought by virtue of this section by any person after the expiration of 30 years from the date on which the right of action accrued to that person or some person through whom he claims;
nothing in this section shall apply to any action to recover a penalty or forfeiture, or sum by way thereof, by virtue of any written law, except where the action is brought by an aggrieved party.