Statute of Limitations Act, 1957 (No. 6)

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 2 May 1957

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes

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	Introductory Text
	Acts Referred to
	Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-9)
In force	1. Short title and commencement.
In force	2. General provisions as to interpretation.
In force	3. Application to the State.
In force	4. Non-application to proceedings in respect of the forfeiture of a ship.
In force	5. Saving for equitable jurisdiction to refuse relief for acquiescence or otherwise.
In force	6. Provisions as to set-off and counterclaim.
In force	7. Saving for other limitation enactments in respect of actions.
In force	8. Provisions as to actions barred and pending on the operative date.
In force	9. Repeals.
	Part II Periods of Limitation for Different Classes of Action (ss. 10-46)
In force	10. Part II to be subject to provisions of Part III relating to disability, acknowledgment, part payment, fraud and mistake.
	Actions of contract and tort and certain other actions (ss. 11-12)
In force	11. Limitation of actions of contract and tort and certain other actions.
In force	11A. Limitation of actions for damages for infringements of competition law.
In force	12. Limitation in case of successive conversions, and extinction of title of owner of converted goods.
	Actions to recover land (ss. 13-25)
In force	13. Limitation of actions to recover land.
In force	14. Accrual of right of action (present interests in land).
In force	15. Accrual of right of action (future interests in land).
In force	16. Accrual of right of action (forfeiture or breach of condition).
In force	17. Accrual of right of action (certain tenancies).
In force	18. Right of action not to accrue unless there is adverse possession.
In force	19. Cure of defective disentailing assurance.
In force	20. No right of action to be preserved by formal entry or continual claim.
In force	21. Possession of one co-parcener, etc., not to be possession of others.
Repealed	22. Possession of younger brother, etc., not to be possession of heir.
In force	23. Administration to date back to death.
In force	24. Extinction of title to land after expiration of period limited for actions to recover land.
In force	25. Equitable estates in land, and land held on trust.
	Actions to recover settled chattels (s. 26)
In force	26. Actions to recover settled chattels.
	Actions to recover arrears of rentcharges, conventional rents, dower and annuities charged on personal property (ss. 27-31)
In force	27. Limitation of actions to recover arrears of a rentcharge.
In force	28. Limitation of actions to recover arrears of a conventional rent.
In force	29. Warrants under section 28 of the Land Act, 1933.
In force	30. Limitation of actions to recover arrears of dower.
In force	31. Limitation of actions to recover arrears of annuity charged on personal property.
	Actions in respect of mortgages and charges (ss. 32-42)
In force	32. Limitation of actions by incumbrancers claiming sale of land.
In force	33. Extinction of title of mortgagee to mortgaged land after expiration of period for action claiming sale of land.
In force	34. Limitation of redemption actions (land).
In force	35. Extinction of title of mortgagor to mortgaged land after expiration of period for action to redeem land.
In force	36. Limitation of actions to recover principal money secured by a charge on land or personal property.
In force	37. Limitation of actions to recover arrears of interest on a mortgage or charge.
In force	38. Extinction of right of mortgagee or chargeant to mortgage debt at expiration of period for action to recover land or claiming sale of land.
In force	39. Extinction of right of mortgage or chargeant to principal sum secured by mortgage or charge on personal property after expiration of period for action to recover principal sum.
In force	40. Limitation of actions in respect of certain personal rights in or over land, such as right of support, etc.
In force	41. Extinction of personal right in or over land, such as right of support, etc., after expiration of period for action in respect of such right.
In force	42. Restriction on recovery under section 26 of the Agricultural Credit Act, 1947, of interest on chattel mortgages.
	Actions in respect of trust property (ss. 43-44)
In force	43. Limitation of actions against trustees.
In force	44. Exclusion of actions against trustees in cases of fraud or retention of trust property.
	Actions in respect of the estates of deceased persons (ss. 45-46)
In force	45. Limitation of actions to recover personal estate of deceased persons.
Repealed	46. Exclusion of actions against personal representatives in cases of fraud.
	Part III Extension of Limitation Periods in case of Disability, Acknowledgement, Part Payment, Fraud and Mistake (ss. 47-72)
	Chapter I Interpretation (s. 47)
In force	47. Interpretation (Part III).
	Chapter II Disability (ss. 48-49)
In force	48. Person under a disability.
In force	48A. Disability of certain persons for purpose of bringing certain actions arising out of acts of sexual abuse.
In force	49. Extension of limitation period in case of disability.
	Chapter III Acknowledgment (ss. 50-60)
In force	50. Meaning of "acknowledgment".
In force	51. Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action to recover land).
In force	52. Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action by mortgagee to recover land).
In force	53. Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action by incumbrancer claiming sale of land).
In force	54. Effect of acknowledgment on right of action to redeem mortgaged land in mortgagee's possession.
In force	55. Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action in respect of personal right in or over land, such as right of support, etc.).
In force	56. Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action to recover debt).
In force	57. Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action claiming personal estate of deceased person).
In force	58. Formal provisions as to acknowledgment.
In force	59. Effect of acknowledgment on persons other than the maker or recipient.
In force	60. Exemption of acknowledgment from stamp duty.
	Chapter IV Part payment (ss. 61-70)
In force	61. Meaning of "payment".
In force	62. Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action by mortgagee to recover land).
In force	63. Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action by incumbrancer claiming sale of land).
In force	64. Effect of payment on right of action to redeem mortgaged land in mortgagee's possession.
In force	65. Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action to recover debt).
In force	66. Fresh accrual of right of action on payment (action claiming personal estate of deceased person).
In force	67. Formal provisions as to payment.
In force	68. Effect of payment on persons other than the maker or recipient.
In force	69. Appropriation of payment in respect of debts.
In force	70. Endorsement of payment by creditor not to be evidence of payment.
	Chapter V Fraud and mistake (ss. 71-72)
In force	71. Postponement of limitation period in case of fraud.
In force	72. Postponement of limitation period in case of mistake.
	Part IV Application of this Act and other Limitation Enactments to Arbitrations (ss. 73-80)
In force	73. Interpretation (Part IV).
In force	74. Commencement of arbitration.
In force	75. Application of Act and other limitation enactments to arbitrations.
In force	76. Accrual of cause of action where agreement makes award thereunder a condition precedent to commencement of action.
In force	77. Power of Court to extend time where it sets aside award or orders arbitration to cease to have effect.
In force	78. Application of Part IV to arbitrations under other Acts.
In force	79. Saving for other enactments relating to limitation of arbitrations.
In force	80. Arbitrations pending on the operative date.
	Schedule - Enactments Repealed
In force	Schedule, Part I Acts of the Parliament of Ireland
In force	Schedule, Part II Acts of the Parliament of the late United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
In force	Schedule, Part III Acts of the Oireachtas of Saorstát Éireann
In force	Schedule, Part IV Acts of the Oireachtas

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