The Limitation Act, 1963
The The Limitation Act, 1963, with its 31 sections listed below.
- Act number
- 36 of 1963
- Year
- 1963
- Published by
- India Code · Government of India
- Edition
- India Code source copy; consolidation date not certified
Sections
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 3. Bar of limitation
- 4. Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
- 5. Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
- 6. Legal disability
- 7. Disability of one of several persons
- 8. Special exceptions
- 9. Continuous running of time
- 10. Suits against trustees and their representativ es
- 11. Suits on contracts entered into outs ide the territories to which the Act extends
- 12. Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
- 13. Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for
- 14. Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
- 15. Exclusion of time in certain other cases
- 16. Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue
- 17. Effect of fraud or mistake
- 18. Effect of acknowledgment in writing
- 19. Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy
- 20. Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person
- 21. Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant
- 22. Continuing breaches and torts
- 23. Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage
- 24. Computation of time mentioned in instruments
- 25. Acquisition of easements by prescription
- 26. Exclusion in favour of reversioner of serivent tenement
- 27. Extinguishment of right to property
- 28. [Amendment of certain Acts.]
- 29. Savings
- 30. Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908
- 31. Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc
- 32. [Repeal.]
For research. Check the official gazette and later amendments before citing a section.