(1) An action claiming damages for negligence, nuisance or breach of duty (howsoever the duty exists), where the damages claimed by the plaintiff for the negligence, nuisance or breach of duty consist of or include damages in respect of personal injuries to any person, shall not be brought after the expiration of three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.

(2) An action for damages for the benefit of the dependants of a deceased person under section 16 of the Civil Liability Act, 1963 (Act 176) shall not be brought after the expiration of three years from the death of the deceased.

(3) No action shall be brought under the said section 16 of the Civil Liability Act, 1963 if by the date of his death the deceased's right of action in relation to the fault by which his death was caused had become statute-barred.

(4) If the right of action of the deceased referred to in subsection (3) of this section had not become statute-barred by the date of his death the action under section 16 of the Civil Liability Act, 1963 may be brought within the period prescribed by subsection (2) of this section notwithstanding that by the time the action is brought the said right of action would have been statute-barred so far as the deceased was concerned.