3. Completion of prescription postponed in certain circumstances 4. Judicial interruption of prescription 5. Application of this Chapter to a prescription not completed at the commencement of this Act CHAPTER II 6. Acquisition of servitudes by prescription 7. Extinction of servitudes by prescription 8. Application of certain provisions of Chapter I to the acquisition and extinction of servitudes by prescription 9. This Chapter not applicable to public servitudes CHAPTER III 10. Extinction of debts by prescription 11. Periods of prescription of debts 12. When prescription begins to run 13. Completion of prescription delayed in certain circumstances 14. Interruption of prescription by acknowledgement of liability 15. Judicial interruption of prescription 16. Application of this Chapter CHAPTER IV 17. Prescription to be raised in pleadings 18. Laws prohibiting acquisition of land or any right in land by prescription not affected by this Act 19. This Act binds the State 20. This Act not applicable where Black law applies 21. Application to South-West Africa 22. Repeal of laws 23. Short title and commencement Schedule: Laws Repealed BE IT ENACTED by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- CHAPTER I Acquisition of ownership by prescription 1. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter and of Chapter IV, a person shall by prescription become the owner of a thing which he has possessed openly and as if he were the owner thereof for an uninterrupted period of thirty years or for a period which, together with
3. Completion of prescription postponed in certain circumstances 4. Judicial interruption of prescription 5. Application of this Chapter to a prescription not completed at the commencement of this Act CHAPTER II 6. Acquisition of servitudes by prescription 7. Extinction of servitudes by prescription 8. Application of certain provisions of Chapter I to the acquisition and extinction of servitudes by prescription 9. This Chapter not applicable to public servitudes CHAPTER III 10. Extinction of debts by prescription 11. Periods of prescription of debts 12. When prescription begins to run 13. Completion of prescription delayed in certain circumstances 14. Interruption of prescription by acknowledgement of liability 15. Judicial interruption of prescription 16. Application of this Chapter CHAPTER IV 17. Prescription to be raised in pleadings 18. Laws prohibiting acquisition of land or any right in land by prescription not affected by this Act 19. This Act binds the State 20. This Act not applicable where Black law applies 21. Application to South-West Africa 22. Repeal of laws 23. Short title and commencement Schedule: Laws Repealed BE IT ENACTED by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- CHAPTER I Acquisition of ownership by prescription 1. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter and of Chapter IV, a person shall by prescription become the owner of a thing which he has possessed openly and as if he were the owner thereof for an uninterrupted period of thirty years or for a period which, together with
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