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Fresh accrual of right of action on acknowledgment (action to recover debt).
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56.—(1) Where—
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(a) any right of action has accrued to recover any debt, and
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(b) the person liable therefor acknowledges the debt,
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the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on and not before the date of the acknowledgment.
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(2) Where—
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(a) the right of action of a mortgagee of land to recover the mortgage debt has accrued, and
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(b) the person in possession of the land acknowledges the mortgagee's title to the land,
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the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on and not before the date of the acknowledgment.
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