Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc.) Act, 1963 (Chapter 72)
Zambia
Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc.) Act, 1963
Chapter 72
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Commenced on 26 April 1963
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This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, etc.) Act. The Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893, and section 21 of the Limitation Act, 1939, of the United Kingdom, shall cease to have effect in the Republic. In its application to the Republic, the Limitation Act, 1939, of the United Kingdom, is hereby amended as follows:(a)by the insertion of the following proviso at the end of subsection (1) of section 2:Provided that, in the case of actions for damages for negligence, nuisance or breach of duty (whether the duty exists by virtue of a contract or of provision made by or under a statute or independently of any contract or any such provision) where the damages claimed by the plaintiff for the negligence, nuisance or breach of duty consist of or include damages in respect of personal injuries to any person, this subsection shall have effect as if for the reference to six years there were substituted a reference to three years.(b)by the addition at the end of section 22 of the following subsection:(2) In the case of actions for damages for negligence, nuisance or breach of duty (whether the duty exists by virtue of a contract or of provision made by or under a statute or independently of any contract or any such provision) where the damages claimed by the plaintiff for the negligence, nuisance or breach of duty consist of or include damages in respect of personal injuries to any person—(a)the preceding provisions of this section shall have effect as if for the words "six years" there were substituted the words "three years"; and(b)this section shall not apply unless the plaintiff proves that the person under the disability was not, at the time when the right of action accrued to him, in the custody of a parent.(c)by the insertion in subsection (1) of section 31 after the definition of "personal property" of the following definition:"personal injuries" includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition. In its application to the Republic, section 3 of the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846, of the United Kingdom, is hereby amended by the substitution of the words "three years" for the words "twelve calendar months".1. Short title
2. Non-application of Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893, and section 21 of Limitation Act, 1939
3. Amendment of Limitation Act, 1939, as respects personal injury actions
4. Amendment of Fatal Accidents Act, 1846
5. Application to the Republic
6. Transitional provisions