Cap. 12 Art. 818Time for demanding new trial.

(1) The time for demanding a new trial is three months, which shall commence to run -

(a) in regard to the cases referred to in article 811(a) and

(k), from the day on which the fraud was discovered, or the document obtained;

(b) in regard to the case referred to in paragraph (b), from the day on which the plaintiff became aware of the judgment;

(c) in regard to the cases referred to in paragraph (j), if the falsity was, at the suit or complaint of the plaintiff himself, declared subsequently to the judgment complained of, from the day of such declaration, and if it was declared subsequently to such judgment, but at the suit or complaint of other parties, or if it was declared previously, from the day on which the plaintiff became aware of such declaration;

(d) in regard to all other cases, from the date of the judgment complained of.

(2) A new trial may in no case be demanded after the lapse of five years from which the first judgment was given.