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The Limitation Act, 1963
LIM · 1963
Schedules
The Schedule
— Periods of Limitation
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Part I
PRELIMINARY
Part II
LIMITATION OF SUITS, APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS
Part III
COMPUTATION OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION
Part IV
ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP BY POSSESSION
Part V
MISCELLANEOUS
Part I
· PRELIMINARY
s. 1
Short title, extent and commencement
s. 2
Definitions
Part II
· LIMITATION OF SUITS, APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS
s. 3
Bar of limitation
s. 4
Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
s. 5
Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
s. 6
Legal disability
s. 7
Disability of one of several persons
s. 8
Special exceptions
s. 9
Continuous running of time
s. 10
Suits against trustees and their representatives
s. 11
Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends
Part III
· COMPUTATION OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION
s. 12
Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
s. 13
Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for
s. 14
Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
s. 15
Exclusion of time in certain other cases
s. 16
Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue
s. 17
Effect of fraud or mistake
s. 18
Effect of acknowledgment in writing
s. 19
Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy
s. 20
Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person
s. 21
Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant
s. 22
Continuing breaches and torts
s. 23
Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage
s. 24
Computation of time mentioned in instruments
Part IV
· ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP BY POSSESSION
s. 25
Acquisition of easements by prescription
s. 26
Exclusion in favour of reversioner of serivent tenement
s. 27
Extinguishment of right to property
Part V
· MISCELLANEOUS
s. 28
Amendment of certain Acts. [Repealed.]
s. 29
Savings
s. 30
Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908
s. 31
Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc
s. 32
Repeal. [Repealed.]