83Time for doing act does not run while act prevented by this Division or other provisions

83 Time for doing act does not run while act prevented by this Division or other provisions

If: (a) for any purpose (for example, the purposes of a law, agreement or instrument) an act must or may be done within a particular period or before a particular time; and (b) this Division, or Division 5 or 6, prevents the act from being done within that period or before that time; the period is extended, or the time is deferred, because of this section, according to how long this Division, or Division 5 or 6, prevented the act from being done.