Practice question
Which statement accurately describes the disability proviso in section102?
- If the claimant was under a specified legal disability at accrual, suit may be brought within two years after its removal despite expiry of the original six years.
- Any disability arising at any later time automatically creates a new ten-year period.
- Disability extinguishes the right to claim compensation.
- Only absence abroad counts as the specified disability.
- A claimant under disability must always sue before attaining majority.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html — PD1529, section102: six years, survival, and disability proviso.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/jul2018/gr_224678_2018.html — Spouses Stilianopoulos v Register of Deeds for Legazpi City, GR224678, July3 2018, main opinion: accrual and actual knowledge in fraudulent-registration claims.
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