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Limitation Act 1953 s 25

Limitation Act 1953 s 25

s 25 Extension of limitation period where debtor administers estate of his creditor

Where letters of administration to the estate of a creditor have been granted to his debtor, the running of the time prescribed for an action to recover the debt shall be suspended while the administration continues.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pelanjutan tempoh had masa jika penghutang mentadbir harta pusaka pemiutangnya

Jika surat kuasa mentadbir bagi harta pusaka kepunyaan pemiutang telah diberikan kepada penghutangnya, perjalanan masa yang ditetapkan bagi suatu tindakan untuk mendapat kembali bayaran hutang itu adalah tergantung sementara pentadbiran itu diteruskan.

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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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