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Article 19Period of Prescription

第十九条(時効)

The right to file a claim under Article 16, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1) is extinguished by prescription once three years have passed from the time when the injured party or the legal representative of the injured party learned of the damage and the person in possession.

第十六条第一項及び第十七条第一項の規定による請求権は、被害者又はその法定代理人が損害及び保有者を知つた時から三年を経過したときは、時効によつて消滅する。

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