November 23, 2014
Limitation Act, 1963
(Act no. 36 of 1963)| Contents | |
| Sections | Particulars |
| Preamble | |
| Part I | Preliminary |
| 1 | Short title, extent and commencement |
| 2 | Definitions |
| Part II | Limitation of Suits, Appeals and Applications |
| 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 representatives |
| 11 | Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends |
| Part III | Computation of Period of Limitation |
| 12 | Exclusion of time in legal proceedings |
| 13 | Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue of 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 to acknowledgment in writing |
| 19 | Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest or 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 |
| Part IV | Acquisition of ownership by possession |
| 25 | Acquisition of easements by prescription |
| 26 | Exclusion in favor of reversioner of servant tenement |
| 27 | Extinguishment of right to property |
| Part V | Miscellaneous |
| 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, 1980 |
| 31 | Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc |
| 32 | Repeal |
| Schedule | Period of Limitations |
| Division I | Suits |
| Part I | Suits relating to Accounts |
| Part II | Suits relating to Contracts |
| Part III | Suits relating to Declarations |
| Part IV | Suits relating to Declarations |
| Part V | Suits relating to Immovable Property |
| Part VI | Suits relating to movable property |
| Part VII | Suits relating to torts |
| Part VIII | Suits relating to trust and trust property |
| Part IX | Suits relating to miscellaneous maters |
| Part X | Suits for which there is no prescribed period |
| Division II | Appeals |
| Division III | Applications |
| Part I | Applications in specified cases |
| Part II | Other applications |