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Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984 s 63

Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984 s 63

s 63 Prescription of rights and actions

(1) Subject to subsection (2), rights to compensation under this Act shall cease after twenty years from the date of the nuclear incident. (2) Actions for compensation under this Act shall be barred unless brought within twenty years from the date on which the person suffering nuclear damage had knowledge or should reasonably have had knowledge of such damage: Provided that— (a) any person who claims to have suffered nuclear damage and who has brought an action for compensation within the period applicable pursuant to this subsection may amend his claim to take into account any aggravation of the damage, even after the expiry of that period; and (b) final judgment has not been entered in the case.

Malay text (authoritative)

Penetapan hak dan tindakan

(1) Tertakluk kepada subseksyen (2), hak mendapat pampasan di bawah Akta ini adalah terhenti dua puluh tahun selepas tarikh insiden nuklear itu. (2) Tindakan untuk pampasan di bawah Akta ini adalah terhalang melainkan ianya dibawa dalam tempoh dua puluh tahun dari tarikh orang yang menanggung kerosakan nuklear itu tahu atau semunasabahnya telah tahu mengenai kerosakan itu: Dengan syarat bahawa— (a) mana-mana orang yang mengaku telah menanggung kerosakan nuklear dan yang telah membawa suatu tindakan untuk pampasan dalam tempoh yang berkenaan menurut subseksyen ini boleh meminda tuntutannya untuk mengambil kira apa-apa tambahan kepada kerosakan itu, walaupun selepas tamat tempoh tersebut; dan (b) keputusan muktamad belum dicatatkan mengenai kes itu.

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Find Act 304 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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