Malaysia legislation
Section 20
Section 20
⎯(1)
When interest on a debt or legacy is, before the expiration of the prescribed period, paid as such by the person liable to pay the debt or legacy or by his agent duly authorized in this behalf, or when part of the principal of a debt is, before the expiration of the prescribed period, paid by the debtor or by his agent duly authorized in this behalf, a new period of limitation, according to the nature of the original liability, shall be computed from the time when the payment was made:
Provided that, in the case of part payment of the principal of a debt, the fact of the payment shall appear in the handwriting of the person making the same.
(2)
Where mortgaged or charged land is in the possession of the mortgagee or chargee, the receipt of the produce of such land shall be deemed to be a payment for the purpose of this section.
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One of several joint contractors, etc., not chargeable by reason of acknowledgment or payment made by another of them