Ooi Chih-wen discusses the proposed new section 6A of
the Limitation Act 1953.
On 4 April 2018, the Limitation (Amendment) Act 2018
("Act") was passed by the Malaysian Parliament. The Act
was subsequently granted Royal Assent by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
and gazetted on 27 April 2018 and 4 May 2018 respectively, and will
come into force on a date to be appointed by the Minister.
The objectives of the Act are to:
- postpone the commencement of the
limitation period when a person is under a disability at the time
the cause of action accrued; and
- extend the limitation period in cases
of negligence not involving personal injury and the damage was not
discoverable prior to the expiry of the statutory limitation
period.
