Singapore legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Application of foreign limitation law
(1)
Subject to the following provisions of this Act, where in any action or proceedings in a court in Singapore the law of any other country is required (in accordance with rules of private international law applicable by any such court) to be applied to determine any matter —
the law of that other country relating to limitation applies in respect of that matter for the purposes of the action or proceedings; and
the law of Singapore relating to limitation does not so apply.
(2)
Where a foreign law is required to be considered for the purpose of actionability under a choice of law rule, that foreign law is deemed to apply under subsection (1).
(3)
For the purposes of any law applicable by virtue of subsection (1)(a), the law of Singapore determines whether, and the time at which, proceedings have been commenced in respect of any matter.
(4)
A court in Singapore, in exercising in pursuance of subsection (1)(a) any discretion conferred by the law of any other country, is so far as practicable to exercise that discretion in the manner in which it is exercised in comparable cases by the courts of that other country.
(5)
In this section, “law”, in relation to any country, excludes rules of private international law applicable by the courts of that country or, in the case of Singapore, this Act.