Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
18. Extinction of
right to claim. –
The right to claim
compensation for nuclear damage shall extinguish, if such claim is not made
within a period of--
a.
ten
years, in the case of damage to property;
b.
twenty
years, in the case of personal injury to any person, from the date of
occurrence of the incident notified under sub-section (1) of section 3:
Provided that where a nuclear damage is
caused by a nuclear incident involving nuclear material which, prior to such
nuclear incident, had been stolen, lost, jettisoned or abandoned, the said
period of ten years shall be computed from the date of such nuclear incident,
but, in no case, it shall exceed a period of twenty years from the date of such
theft, loss, jettison or abandonment.