Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
(2)
For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be under a disability while he is an infant or of unsound mind.
(3)
A person shall be deemed to claim through another person, if he became entitled by, through, under, or by the act of that other person to the right claimed:
Provided that a person becoming entitled to any estate or interest by virtue of a special power of appointment shall not be deemed to claim through the appointor.
(4)
References in this Act to a right of action to recover land shall include references to a right to enter into possession of the land or in the case of rent charges any right to distrain for arrears of rent and references to the bringing of such an action shall include references to the making of such an entry or distraint.
(5)
References in this Act to the possession of land shall, in the case of rent charges, be construed as references to the receipt of the rent, and references to the date of dispossession or discontinuance of possession of land shall, in the case of rent charges, be construed as references to the date of the last receipt of rent.
(6)
In Part III of this Act references to a right of action shall include references to a cause of action and to a right to receive money secured
Limitation 9
by a mortgage or charge on any property or to recover proceeds of the sale of land, and to a right to receive a share or interest in the personal estate of a deceased person and references to the date of the accrual of a right of action shall—
(a)
in the case of an action for an account, be construed as references to the date on which the matter arose in respect of which an account is claimed;
(b)
in the case of an action upon a judgment, be construed as references to the date on which the judgment became enforceable;
(c)
in the case of an action to recover arrears of rent or interest, or damages in respect thereof, be construed as references to the date on which the rent or interest became due.
Saving for other limitation enactments