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← Limitation Act 1953

Limitation Act 1953 s 20

Limitation Act 1953 s 20

s 20 Limitation of actions to recover rent

No action shall be brought, or distress made, to recover arrears of rent, or damages in respect thereof, after the expiration of six years from the date on which the arrears became due. ACTIONS TO RECOVER MONEY SECURED BY MORTGAGE OR CHARGE OR TO RECOVER PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF LAND

Malay text (authoritative)

Had masa tindakan untuk mendapat kembali sewa

Tiada apa-apa tindakan boleh dibawa, atau distres boleh dibuat, untuk mendapatkan kembali tunggakan sewa, atau ganti rugi berkenaan dengannya, selepas tamatnya tempoh enam tahun dari tarikh tunggakan itu kena dibayar. TINDAKAN UNTUK MENDAPAT KEMBALI WANG YANG DICAGARKAN GADAI JANJI ATAU GADAIAN ATAU UNTUK MENDAPAT KEMBALI HASIL JUALAN TANAH

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Find Act 254 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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