Act 36 of 1963

The Limitation Act, 1963

An Act to consolidate and amend the law for the limitation of suits and other proceedings and for purposes connected therewith.

  • Ministry of Law and Justice
  • Legislative Department
  • Enacted 1963-10-05
  • 32 sections
SectionTitle
1 Short title, extent and commencement. Read
2 Definitions. Read
3 Bar of limitation. Read
4 Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed. Read
5 Extension of prescribed period in certain cases. Read
6 Legal disability. Read
7 Disability of one of several persons. Read
8 Special exceptions. Read
9 Continuous running of time. Read
10 Suits against trustees and their representatives. Read
11 Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends. Read
12 Exclusion of time in legal proceedings. Read
13 Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for. Read
14 Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction. Read
15 Exclusion of time in certain other cases. Read
16 Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue. Read
17 Effect of fraud or mistake. Read
18 Effect of acknowledgment in writing. Read
19 Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy. Read
20 Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person. Read
21 Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant. Read
22 Continuing breaches and torts. Read
23 Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage. Read
24 Computation of time mentioned in instruments. Read
25 Acquisition of easements by prescription. Read
26 Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement.Read
27 Extinguishment of right to property. Read
28 Repealed. Read
29 SavingsRead
30 Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908Read
31 Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etcRead
32 Repealed.Read
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