Malaysia legislation
Section 61
Section 61
(1)
Any proceedings before the Tribunal shall be commenced by an application made within a period of three years from the date on which the cause of action arose.
(2)
For the purpose of subsection (1)―
(a)
the cause of action in respect of a claim for benefit shall be deemed to arise if―
(i)
the self-employed insured person;
(ii)
in relation to dependants’ benefit, the dependant of the self-employed insured person; or
(iii)
in relation to funeral benefit, the claimant, claims the benefit as prescribed within a period of twelve months after the claim became due or within such further
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period as the Tribunal may allow on the grounds which appear to the Tribunal to be reasonable; or
(b)
the cause of action in respect of a claim by the
Organization for recovering benefits from self-employed insured person, his dependants or any other person shall be deemed to arise from the date of the evidence of benefits have been paid due to mistake or fraud appear.
(3)
The application referred to in subsection (1) shall be made in such manner and be accompanied by a fee, as prescribed.
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