Central · 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.

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Jurisdiction
Central
Enactment date
1963-10-05
Sections available
32

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01-01-1964

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1Short title, extent and commencement.→2Definitions.→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.→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.→25Acquisition of easements by prescription.→26Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement.→27Extinguishment of right to property.→28Repealed.→29Savings→30Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908→31Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc→32Repealed.→

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