Prescription Act 68 of 1969

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When a debt prescribes, counted from the date it became due — three years for an ordinary debt, and the longer periods and the RAF claims too.

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s 11(d), Prescription Act 68 of 1969. Contract (written or verbal), delict, damages and general civil claims — anything not listed below.

Prescription starts running as soon as the debt is due (s 12(1)). Where the creditor did not know the debtor's identity, or the facts from which the debt arises, it only starts once they could reasonably have known them (s 12(3)) — enter that later date instead.