Section 17
⎯(1)
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 17 of 26
Section 17
When a person who would, if he were living, have a right to institute a suit dies before the right accrues, the period of limitation shall be computed from the time when there is a legal representative of the deceased capable of instituting or making such suit or application.
(2)
When a person against whom, if he were living, a right to institute a suit would have accrued dies before the right accrues, the period of limitation shall be computed from the time when there is a legal representative of the deceased against whom the plaintiff may institute such suit.
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(3)
Nothing in subsection (1) shall apply to suits for the possession of immovable property.