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(1) The following actions shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued:-

(a) actions founded on tort other than actions to which sections 2 and 3 apply;

(b) actions founded on simple contract;

(c) actions founded on quasi-contract;

(d) actions to enforce a recognisance;

(e) actions to enforce an award, where the arbitration is under any enactment other than the Arbitration Act, 1961 (Act 38);

(f) actions to recover any sum recoverable by virtue of any enactment (other than actions to which sections 2 and 5 apply).

(2) This section shall apply to an action to recover seamen's wages but shall not otherwise apply to any cause of action within the jurisdiction of the High Court in maritime matters which is enforceable in rem.

(3) An action for an account shall not be brought in respect of any matter which arose more than six years before the commencement of the action.