Limitation Act, 1963
परिसीमा अधिनियम, 1963
The time within which suits, appeals and applications must be filed, how that time is counted, and when delay can be condoned.
- 30 sections
- 5 parts
- Act No. 36 of 1963
Parts and sections
The sections of the Act (1 to 32) are here now. The Schedule that sets out the periods of limitation (Articles 1 to 137) will be added later.
1PreliminaryPart I · Sections 1 to 2
2Limitation of suits, appeals and applicationsPart II · Sections 3 to 11
- 3Bar of limitation
- 4Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
- 5Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
- 6Legal disability
- 7Disability of one of several persons
- 8Special exceptions
- 9Continuous running of time
- 10Suits against trustees and their representatives
- 11Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends
3Computation of period of limitationPart III · Sections 12 to 24
- 12Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
- 13Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for
- 14Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
- 15Exclusion of time in certain other cases
- 16Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue
- 17Effect of fraud or mistake
- 18Effect of acknowledgment in writing
- 19Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy
- 20Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person
- 21Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant
- 22Continuing breaches and torts
- 23Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage
- 24Computation of time mentioned in instruments
4Acquisition of ownership by possessionPart IV · Sections 25 to 27
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