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National Credit Act, 2005 (Act No. 34 of 2005)

Chapter 6 : Collection, Repayment, Surrender and Debt Enforcement

Part A : Collection and repayment practices

126B. Application of prescription on debt

 

(1)

(a) No person may sell a debt under a credit agreement to which this Act applies and that has been extinguished by prescription under the Prescription Act, 1969 (Act No. 68 of 1969).
(b) No person may continue the collection of, or re-activate a debt under a credit agreement to which this Act applies—
(i) which debt has been extinguished by prescription under the Prescription Act, 1969 (Act No. 68 of 1969); and
(ii) where the consumer raises the defence of prescription, or would reasonably have raised the defence of prescription had the consumer been aware of such a defence, in response to a demand, whether as part of legal proceedings or otherwise.

 

[Section 126B inserted by section 31 of Act No. 19 of 2014]