Cap. 16 Art. 2156Actions barred by the lapse of five years.

The following actions are barred by the lapse of five years:

(a) actions for payment of yearly ground-rent, perpetual or life annuities, interest on annuities ad formam bullae created before the 14th August, 1862 and for the payment of fines due upon a sale or other alienation of emphyteutical tenements;

(b) actions for payment of maintenance allowances;

(c) actions for payment of rent of urban or rural property;

(d) actions for payment of interest on sums taken on loan or for any other cause, and, generally, of any other thing payable yearly or at other shorter periodical terms;

(e) actions for the return of money given on loan, if the loan does not result from a public deed;

(f) actions for the payment of any other debt arising from commercial transactions or other causes, unless such debt is, under this or any other law, barred by the lapse of a shorter period or unless it results from a public deed;

(g) except as provided for in any special law, actions of the Government of Malta for the payment of judicial fees, customs or other dues:

Provided that actions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (c), where such payments are due to the Government of Malta, shall be barred by prescription by the lapse of ten years.