The statutes prescribing limitation periods are :
-Limitation Act 1953 ( only applicable in Penisular Malaysia) -Civil Law Act 1956 -Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 - for civil suit brought against the government of Malaysia The purpose of limitation periods are : -to avoid from being barred of any filling of the action in court due to the action being statute barred/ time barred or limitation period has set in -providing fixed time period for the matter to be filled in court. -not to put the defendant at disadvantages / being prejudiced as: *the witness may be dead *the documents may go missing Comments are closed.
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