39. (1) Except as expressly provided by any other Act, the laws relating to prescription and the limitation of actions in force in a province between subject and subject apply to any proceedings in the Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court in respect of any cause of action arising in that province.

(2) A proceeding in the Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court in respect of a cause of action arising otherwise than in a province shall be taken within six years after the cause of action arose.

(3) [Repealed, 1990, c. 8, s. 10]

R.S., 1985, c. F-7, s. 39; 1990, c. 8, s. 10; 2002, c. 8, s. 38.