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The Limitation Act, 1963

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(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect section 25 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872). (2) Where any special or local law prescribes for any suit, appeal or application a period of limitation different from the period prescribed by the Schedule, the provisions of section 3 shall apply as if such period were the period prescribed by the Schedule and for the purpose of determining any period of limitation prescribed for any suit, appeal or application by any special or local law, the provisions contained in sections 4 to 24 (inclusive) shall apply only in so far as, and to the extent to which, they are not expressly excluded by such special or local law. (3) Save as otherwise provided in any law for the time being in force with respect to marriage and divorce, nothing in this Act shall apply to any suit or other proceeding under any such law. (4) Sections 25 and 26 and the definition of “easement” in section 2 shall not apply to cases arising in the territories to which the Indian Easements Act, 1882 (5 of 1882), may for the time being extend.

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Official text: India Code (official)

Official India Code text: The Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), English PDF (bitstream 123456789/1565/5/A1963-36.pdf, 353,329 bytes, sha256 1ad1f296…) fetched directly from indiacode.nic.in (Akamai edge, DNS via dns.google) on 2026-07-30. The same handle also carries a Hindi edition (H1963-36.pdf) — the English 'A'-prefixed file is the one ingested. Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest inline parser. Automated parse; footnotes/amendment history excluded. THE SCHEDULE (the periods-of-limitation table, Articles 1-137) is NOT ingested as sections — it is a tabular schedule, not sectional text; cite it from the official PDF. Spot-verified; full clause-level proofread pending.

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