This section is for reference purposes only. Considering some initial difficulties in practice, we recommend that you’d better read carefully relevant laws and regulations about limitation of action.

The following legal provisions are parts of them.
A limitation of action shall begin when the entitled person knows or should know that his rights have been infringed upon. However, the people's court shall not protect his rights if 20 years have passed since the infringement. Under special circumstances, the people's court may extend the limitation of action.

If a party chooses to fulfill obligations voluntarily after the limitation of action has expired, he shall not be subject to the limitation.

A limitation of action shall be suspended during the last six months of the limitation if the plaintiff cannot exercise his right of claim because of force majeure or other obstacles. The limitation shall resume on the day when the grounds for the suspension are eliminated.

A limitation of action shall be discontinued if suit is brought or if one party makes a claim for or agrees to fulfillment of obligations. A new limitation shall be counted from the time of the discontinuance.

If the law has other stipulations concerning limitation of action, those stipulations shall apply.