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2017.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 28th day of February, 2018.\n\nNote (not forming part of the Law): This revision replaces the 1997 Revision which\nshould now be discarded.\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPRESCRIPTION LAW\n(2018 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nEffect of twenty years enjoyment of easements, ways, etc., over lands ......................................5\n3.\nEffect of twenty years access and use of light or air ...................................................................6\n4.\nEffect of twenty years use by the public or any class of the public of a beach and of\nmeans of access thereto ............................................................................................................6\n5.\nComputation of time 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therewith for twenty years without\ninterruption, the right thereto shall, subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, be\ndeemed absolute and indefeasible, unless it appears that the same was enjoyed by\nsome consent or agreement expressly made or given for that purpose in writing.\n4.\nEffect of twenty years use by the public or any class of the public of a beach\nand of means of access thereto\n4.\n(1) When any beach has been used by the public or any class of the public for\nfishing, for purposes incident to fishing or for bathing or recreation, and any\nroad, track or pathway passing over any land adjoining or adjacent to such beach\nhas been used by the public or any class of the public as a means of access to\nsuch beach, without interruption for twenty years, the public shall, subject to the\nprovisos hereinafter contained, have the absolute and indefeasible right to use\nsuch beach, land, road, track or pathway, unless it appears that the same was\nenjoyed by some consent or 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