Federal Courts Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. F-7)

Marginal note:Prescription and limitation on proceedings

• 39 (1) Except as expressly provided by any other Act, the laws relating to prescription and the limitation of actions in force in a province between subject and subject apply to any proceedings in the Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court in respect of any cause of action arising in that province.

• Marginal note:Prescription and limitation on proceedings in the Court, not in province

  (2) A proceeding in the Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court in respect of a cause of action arising otherwise than in a province shall be taken within six years after the cause of action arose.

• (3) [Repealed, 1990, c. 8, s. 10]