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Important Limitation Dates

STATUTE  PROVISION  SECTION(S)  LIMITATION PERIOD(S) 
Assignments and Preferences Act  Contestation of claim  26(2) & 27(2)  30 days & 10 days 
Bulk Sales Act  Set aside sale in bulk  19 6 months 
Business Corporations Act  Bar right to examine books  157(2)  15 days 
Fix value of shares  185(18) & (19)  50 days & 20 days   
Security-takeover/issuer bid  188(9)  30 days   
Fix value-takeover/issuer  188(13) & (14)  20 days & 20 days   
Fix value- acquire securities  189(5)  90 days   
Business Practices Act  Rescission for unfair practice  4(5)  6 months 
City of Toronto Act, 2006      
Civil Remedies Act, 2001  Forfeiture of property; conspiracy proceeding  3(5) & 13(7)  15 years & 15 years 
Commodity Futures Act  Proceedings under Act  60.4 6 years 
Community Small Business Investment Funds Act  Rescind purchase of share  40(8)  180 days 
Action other than rescission  40(9)  180 days or 3 years   
Construction Lien Act  Preserve lien  31 45 days 
Perfect lien  36 45 days   
Corporations Act  Shareholder liability-decreased capital  37(2)  6 months & 2 years 
Creditors’ Relief Act  Allow contested claim  12(2)  8 days 
Dispute sheriff’s distribution  32(6)  8 days   
Drainage Act  Damages or injunctions  111 2 years 
Education Act  Declaration of board vacancy  218(2)  90 days 
Election Act  Contest validity of election  99(4)  90 days 
Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993  Contravention causing harm  102 2 years 
Environmental Protection Act  Proposal for payment-spill  108(1)  20 days 
Estates Act  Allow contested claim  44(2) & 45(2)  30 days 
Claim barred by Trustee Act  47 3 months   
Estates Administration Act  Order to distribute estate  17(5)  3 years 
Expropriations Act  Quash or set aside proceeding  43 30 days 
Family Law Act  Equalization net family property  7(3)  2 years, 6 years, 6 mos 
Fines and Forfeitures Act  Interest in forfeited personal property  6(2)  60 days 
Forestry Workers Lien for Wages Act  Enforce lien  8(1)  30 days 
Distribution after lien payment  26(1)  30 days   
Fuel Tax Act  Right to possession of fuel  8(13)  30 days 
Gasoline Tax Act  Right to possession of fuel  5(13)  30 Days 
Income Tax Act  Directors’ liability  38 2 years 
Insurance Act  Claim for fire insurance  148 (con. 14)  1 year 
Damage to automobile  259.1 1 year   
Accident benefits dispute  281.1 2 years   
Libel and Slander Act  Libel in newspaper or broadcast  6 3 months 
Liquor Licence Act  Right to possess seized liquor  44.1(4)  30 days 
Mortgages Act  Building mortgage  21(2)  1 year 
Tenant’s right to re-occupy  54(2)  210 days   
Municipal Act, 2001 and [City of Toronto Act, 2006]  Quash by-law (not debenture by-law)  273(5) [214(4)]  1 year 
Proceeds of sale-payment  380(4) [351(4)]  1 year   
Quash debenture by-law  415(2) [250(2)]  3 months   
Municipal Conflict of Interest Act  Contravention of disclosure duty etc.  9(1) & (3)  6 weeks & 6 years 
Municipal Elections Act, 1996  Recounts – clerk & judicial  58(2) & 63(1)  30 days & 15 days 
Extend time to file financial statement  80(6)  91 days   
Validity of election  83(2)  90 days   
Ontario Home Ownership Savings Plan Act  Enforce provisions of Act  18 6 years 
Personal Property Security Act  Entitlement to compensation; Set aside compensation decision  44(13) & (14)  90 days & 30 days 
Prohibiting Profit from Recounting Crimes Act, 2002  Payment & forfeiture; Pay into Court or preserve property  4(5) & 6(6)  15 years & 15 years 
Public Lands Act  Compensation for deficiency of land  34(3)  5 years 
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act  Registration of judgment  2(1)  6 years 
Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments (U.K.) Act  Registration of judgment  Sch: art 3, p1,  6 years 
Securities Act  Enforcement proceedings  129.1 6 years 
Civil proceedings-rescission  136(5) & 138  90 days & 180 days   
Civil proceedings-other than rescission  138 180 days or 3 years   
Misrepresentation, failure to disclose  138.14 6 months and 3 years   
Succession Law Reform Act  Order for support of dependants  61 6 months 
Tile Drainage Act  Quash by-law  2(3)  4 weeks 
Tobacco Tax Act  Right to possession of tobacco  6(10) & 24(5)  30 days & 30 days 
Trustee Act  Actions by or against deceased’s estate  38(3)  2 years 
Updated by Matt Lalande