Prescription Act, 1969 (Act No. 68 of 1969)

Chapter IV : General

17. Prescription to be raised in pleadings
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(1)A court shall not of its own motion take notice of prescription.

 

(2)A party to litigation who invokes prescription, shall do so in the relevant document filed of record in the proceedings: Provided that a court may allow prescription to be raised at any stage of the proceedings.