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A claim according to a testamentary provision shall not be filed upon passage of the period of one year from the time the legatee knows or should have known of his rights according to the testament.
Subject to section 189 of this Code, if a claim which an obligee has over the deceased is subject to a limitation period longer than one year, the obligee shall not file the claim upon passage of the period of one year from the time he knows or should have known of the death of the deceased.
However, such claim as mentioned in the previous paragraphs shall not be filed upon passage of the period of ten years from the time of the death of the deceased.
Section1755.Such one-year limitation period can only be raised as a defence by an heir or person entitled to exercise the rights of an heir or by an estate administrator.
(Royal Gazette, volume 52, dated 7 June,[1] page 529)
- ↑ 7 June 2478 BE (1935 CE). (Wikisource contributor note)
