## How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for SG common law fraud deceit SOL (s. 6(7), Limitation Act 1959 (Singapore, 2020 Rev. Ed.)) is **s. 6(7), Limitation Act 1959 (Singapore, 2020 Rev. Ed.)**.

> **s. 6(7), Limitation Act 1959 (Singapore, 2020 Rev. Ed.).** An action founded on a contract, including a contract of good faith, shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.

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## Sources

- [s. 6(7), Limitation Act 1959 (Singapore, 2020 Rev. Ed.) — Limitation Act 1959 (Singapore, 2020 Rev. Ed.), s. 6(7) — Fraud discovery rule](https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/LA1959?ViewType=Pdf&_=20240108155441)

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In Singapore, claims for common law fraud / deceit don’t rely on a single, always-fixed “clock.” Instead, the limitation period is tied to when the caus...

Statute of Limitations for Common Law Fraud / Deceit in Singapore

ANO-831 verification 2026-04-26: primary source = official SSO PDF informal consolidation in force from 1/4/2022.

6.—(1) Subject to this Act, the following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued: (a) actions founded on a contract or on tort; (b) actions to enforce a recognizance; (c) actions to enforce an award; (d) actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any written law other than a penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture.

Subject to this Act, the following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued:
(a) actions founded on a contract or on tort;
(b) actions to enforce a recognizance;
(c) actions to enforce an award;
(d) actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any written law other than a penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture.

Where under section 15 of the Civil Law Act 1909 any person becomes entitled to a right to recover contribution in respect of any damage from any other person, no action to recover contribution by virtue of that right shall, subject to subsection (3), be brought after the end of the period of 2 years from the date on which that right accrued.

(3) An action upon any judgment shall not be brought after the expiration of 12 years from the date on which the judgment became enforceable and no arrears of interest in respect of any judgment debt shall be recovered after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the interest became due.

An action to which this section applies, other than one referred to in subsection (2), shall not be brought after the expiration of the period of — (a) 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued; or (b) 3 years from the earliest date on which the claimant or any person in whom the cause of action was vested before him first had both the knowledge required for bringing an action for damages in respect of the relevant damage and a right to bring such an action, if that period expires later than the period mentioned in paragraph (a).

An action to which this section applies, where the damages claimed consist of or include damages in respect of personal injuries to the claimant or any other person, shall not be brought after the expiration of — (a) 3 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued; or (b) 3 years from the earliest date on which the claimant has the knowledge required for bringing an action for damages in respect of the relevant injury, if that period expires later than the period mentioned in paragraph (a).

Subject to this Act, the following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued: (a) actions founded on a contract or on tort; (b) actions to enforce a recognizance; (c) actions to enforce an award; (d) actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any written law other than a penalty or forfeiture or sum by way of penalty or forfeiture.

No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of 12 years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him, or, if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims, to that person.

Subject to this Act, the following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued: (a) actions founded on a contract or on tort;

Under the Singapore Limitation Act 1959 (2020 Rev. Ed.), s. 6(1)(a) sets a 6-year limitation for actions founded on contract or tort. For fraud and deceit claims, s. 6(7) provides the fraud discovery rule: where an action is based on the fraud of the defendant, or any fact relevant to the plaintiff's right of action has been deliberately concealed by the defendant, the limitation period does not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud or concealment or could with reasonable dil

Singapore's general statute of limitations for contract actions is 6 years from the date the cause of action accrued (Limitation Act Cap. 163, s 6(1)(a)).

Subject to this Act, the following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the cause of action accrued: (a) actions founded on a contract or on tort.

An action upon any judgment shall not be brought after the expiration of 12 years from the date on which the judgment became enforceable and no arrears of interest in respect of any judgment debt shall be recovered after the expiration of 6 years from the date on which the interest became due.

29.—(1) Where, in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act — (a) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant or his agent or of any person through whom he claims or his agent; (b) the right of action is concealed by the fraud of any such person as aforesaid; or (c) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake, the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the claimant has discovered the fraud or the mistake, as the case may be, or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it. [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]

Subject to section 36(1)(b) of the Civil Law Act 1909, for the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be under a disability while he is a minor or lacks capacity (within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act 2008) to conduct legal proceedings.