§ 218. Transitional provisions. (a) Actions barred at effective date.\nNothing in this article shall authorize any action to be commenced which\nis barred when this article becomes effective, except insofar as the\nright to commence the action may be revived by an acknowledgment or\npayment.\n (b) Cause of action accrued and not barred at effective date. Where a\ncause of action accrued before, and is not barred when this article\nbecomes effective, the time within which an action must be commenced\nshall be the time which would have been applicable apart from the\nprovisions of this article, or the time which would have been applicable\nif the provisions of this article had been in effect when the cause of\naction accrued, whichever is longer.\n
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