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LIMITATION ACT 2005 - SECT 65

65 .         Adverse possession

        (1)         A cause of action to recover land does not accrue unless the land is in adverse possession and if, under this Act, such a cause of action would have accrued at a certain time but the land is not in adverse possession at that time, the cause of action does not accrue unless and until adverse possession of the land is taken.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), if —

            (a)         a cause of action accrues to recover land from a person in adverse possession of the land; and

            (b)         afterwards, the land is in the adverse possession of a second person, whether the second person claims through the first person or not,

                the cause of action to recover the land from the second person accrues when the cause of action mentioned in paragraph (a) accrues.

        (3)         If a cause of action to recover land accrues and afterwards, but before the limitation period for the action expires, the land ceases to be in adverse possession, the cause of action does not accrue unless and until adverse possession of the land is taken again.



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