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 |