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CYPRUS 
 
LIMITATION OF ACTIONS 
 
CHAPTER 15 OF THE LAWS 
 
1959 EDITION 
 
CHAPTER 15. 
 
LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. 
  
 Section Page 
1 Short title 1  
2 Interpretation 1  
3 Period of limitation 1  
4 Limitation of actions relating to Vakf property 2  
5 Term in case of actions not otherwise provided for 2  
6 Acknowledgment of claims 3  
7 Fraud or mistake 3  
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8 Computation of period of limitation in certain cases 3  
8A Μη εφαρµογή  της παραγραφής  σε ορισµέ νες  περιπτώσεις . 
2 το υ 108( Ι) το υ 2002.  
9 Counterclaim 3  
10 Saving of other limitation Laws, etc. 4  
11 2 το υ 159( Ι) το υ 2011. Αναστολή  της εφαρµ ογής  τω ν διατάξεων  το υ 
παρόντ ος  Νό µο υ. 
  
 
A LAW TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
THE LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. 
 
1949 Cap. 21 [27th September,  1945.] 
 
Short title.  
2 του 108( Ι) του 
2002 
60(I) του 2007 
28( Ι) του 2008 
34( Ι) του 2008 
16( Ι) του 2009 
20( Ι) του 2010 
111( Ι) του 2010 
41( Ι) του 2011 
159( Ι) του 2011. 
 1. This Law may be cited as the Limitation of Actions Law. 
 
Interpretation. 2. In this Law— 
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"action" means civil proceedings before any Court and includes 
arbitration proceedings; 
 
"period of limitation" means the several periods of limitation as 
prescribed by this Law. 
 
Period of 
limitation. 3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Law, no action shall be 
brought upon, for or in respect of— 
 
Bonds in 
customary form 
and mortgages. (a) any bond in customary form or any mortage, after the 
expiration of fifteen years from the date on which the cause of action 
accrued; 
 
Judgment. (b) any judgment, after the expiration of fifteen years from the date 
on which judgment became enforceable; 
 
Claims to estate. (c) any claim to the estate of a deceased person or to any share or 
interest therein, whether under a will or on intestacy, after the 
expiration of twelve years from the date when the claim to the estate 
or the right to receive the share or interest therein accrued: 
 
Book debts due to 
or from a bank. 2 
of 17/46. 
 (d) any book debt due to or from a bank, after the expiration of six 
years from the date on which the cause of action accrued; 
 
Advocates, etc., 
fees. (e) any remuneration, fee or charge of any advocate, medical 
practitioner, dentist, midwife or teacher, after the expiration of three 
years from the date on which the cause of action accrued; 
 
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Goods sold and 
delivered, etc.  
2 of 17/46.  
 
2 του 60( Ι) του 
2007. (f) any goods sold and delivered, shop bill, hotel bill, book debt, 
(other than a book debt as mentioned in paragraph (d) hereof) work 
and labour done, wages of artisans, labourers or servants, after the 
expiration of τρία years from the date on which the cause of action 
accrued. 
 
3 του 60( Ι) του 
2007. Ο παρώ ν Νόµος (60( Ι) του 2007) τίθεται σε ισ χύ τη ν 31η Μα ΐου 2007. 
 
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this 
section— 
 
Cap. 149. (a) "bond in customary form" means a bond as defined by section 
78 of the Contract Law; 
 
Cap. 233. (b) any proceedings taken under the provisions of the Sale of 
Mortgaged Property Law, shall be deemed to be an action. 
 
2 of 17/46. (3) for the purposes of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of this 
section— 
 
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 "bank" means any company having banking business in the 
Colony; 
 
Cap. 113. "company" includes every company formed and registered under 
the provisions of the Companies Law, or any Law amending or 
substituted for the same, and every company incorporated outside 
the Colony which establishes or has established a place of business 
within the Colony. 
 
Limitation of 
actions relating to 
Vakf property. 4. (1) Save as in subsection (2) of this section provided, no action 
in respect of, or relating to, any Vakf property shall be brought after 
the expiration of fifteen years from the date on which the cause of 
action accrued. 
 
(2) No action in respect of the corpus of any Vakf property shall be 
brought after the expiration of thirty-six years from the date on 
which the cause of action accrued. 
 
Term in case of 
actions not 
otherwise 
provided for. 5. No action shall be brought upon, for, or in respect of, any cause 
of action not expressly provided for in this Law, or expressly 
exempted from the operation of this Law, after the expiration of six 
years from the date when such cause of action accrued. 
 
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Acknowledgment 
of claims. 6. (1) Where a right of action has accrued and the person liable or 
accountable therefor acknowledges the claim, the right shall be 
deemed to have accrued on and not before the date of the 
acknowledgment. 
 
(2) Every acknowledgment as in subsection (1) of this section 
provided shall be in writing and signed by the person making the 
acknowledgment or his authorised agent. 
 
Fraud or mistake. 7. Where, in the case of any action for which a period of limitation 
is prescribed by this Law— 
 
(a) the right of action is concealed by the fraud of the defendant or 
his agent or of any person through whom he claims or his agent ; 
 
(b) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake, 
 
the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has 
discovered the fraud or mistake, as the case may be, or could, with 
reasonable diligence, have discovered it: 
 
Provided that nothing in this section shall enable any action to be 
brought to recover, or enforce any charge against, or set aside any 
transaction affecting, any property which— 
 
(a) in the case of fraud, has been purchased for valuable 
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 consideration by a person who was not a party to the fraud and did 
not at the time of the purchase know or have reason to believe that 
any fraud had been committed; or 
 
(b) in the case of mistake, has been purchased for valuable 
consideration, subsequently to the transaction in which the mistake 
was made, by a person who did not know or have reason to believe 
that the mistake had been made. 
 
Computation of 
period of 
limitation in 
certain cases. 8. In computing the period of limitation, any time during which the 
person against whom the period of limitation runs is under the age of 
eighteen or is of unsound mind or is prohibited from the 
management or administration of his affairs or is absent from the 
Colony, shall be excluded from such period. 
 
2 του 108( Ι) του 
2002. 
Μη εφ αρµογή  της 
παρα γρα φής  σε 
ορισµένες  
περιπτώσεις . 
 8 Α. Σε οποιαδήποτε  αγωγή, στην οπ οία η αξίωση αφορά 
αποζηµιώσεις  για πρόκληση  σωµατικής  βλάβη ς ή και θανάτου 
ένεκα αστικού α δικήµατος , το ∆ικαστήριο  µπορ εί να αποφασίσει , 
ότι είναι δίκαιο και ορθ ό, να µην ε φαρµ οσ τού ν  οι πρό ν οιες 
παραγραφής  της αξίωσης για αποζηµιώσεις , αφο ύ λάβει υπόψη τους 
λόγ ους και το χρ όν ο καθυστέρησης  στη ν καταχώρηση  της αγωγής 
και τη δι άρκεια της ανικανότητας  του ενάγ οντα να χειριστε ί την 
υπόθεσή το υ, περιλαµβανοµέν ο υ  και του απ οβιώσαντα , εάν η αγωγή 
αφορά θάνατ ο, τη συµπεριφ ορά  του ε νάγο ντα στην προσπάθεια  για 
εξασφάλιση  των απαρα ιτήτων  σχετ ικών στ οιχείων  και του 
εναγοµέ ν ου  σ’ αυτή την πρ οσπάθεια  και τι ς συνέπειες  της 
καθυστέρησης  σε σχέση µε τη διασφάλ ιση  ή και την αξιοπιστία  τη ς 
µαρτυρίας : 
 
Νοείται ότι η πιο πάνω διακριτικ ή  ευχέρεια του ∆ικαστηρίου  δε θα 
ασκείτα ι µετά την πάροδ ο πέντε ετών από την ηµεροµηνία  
παραγραφής  της αξίωσης. 
 
Counter-claim. 9. For the purposes of this Law, any claim by way of counter-
claim shall be deemed to be a separate action and to have been 
commenced on the same date as the action in which the counter-
claim is pleaded. 
 
Saving of other 
limitation Laws, 
etc. 10. Nothing in this Law shall— 
 
(a) enable any action to be brought which was barred before the 
commencement of this Law by an enactment repealed by this Law*; 
 
(b) affect any action commenced before the commencement of this 
Law or the title to any property which is the subject of any such 
action; 
 
Cap. 233. (c) affect any proceedings which, but for the provisions of this 
Law, could have been taken under the provisions of the Sale of 
Mortgaged Property Law in respect of any mortgage effected before 
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 the commencement of this Law: 
 
Provided that no such proceedings shall be taken after the 
expiration of two years from the commencement of this Law; 
 
(d) affect any provision in any other Law relating to the limitation 
of any action under such Law. 
 
2 του 159( Ι) του 
2011. 
Αναστ ολή  της 
εφαρµογής  των 
διατάξε ων  του 
παρόντος Νόµ ου. 
 11. Η εφαρ µογή  των διατά ξε ων  του παρόντος Νόµου ανασ τ έλλεται  µέ χρι τη ν 30 ή 
Ιουνίου 2012. 
2 του 34( Ι) του 
2008. 
Έναρξη της ισχ ύος 
του Νόµου 28( Ι) 
του 2008. 
 12. Η ισχύς το υ περί Παραγραφής  ( Τρ οπ οποιητ ικού ) Νό µο υ το υ 
2008 θεωρείται  ότι άρχισε την 30 ή Μαΐου 2008. 
 
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* Articles 1660 to 1675 (inclusive) of the Mejellé were repealed by this Law.