PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Limitation Act, 1963. (2) It extends to theRead More →

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) “applicant” includes- (i) a petitioner; (ii) any person from or through whom an applicantRead More →

PART II – LIMITATION OF SUITS, APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS 3. Bar of limitation. (1) Subject to the provisions contained in sections 4 to 24 (inclusive), every suitRead More →

4. Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed. Where the prescribed period for any suit, appeal or application expires on a day when theRead More →

5. Extension of prescribed period in certain cases. Any appeal or any application, other than an application under any of the provisions of Order XXIRead More →

7. Disability of one of several persons. Where one of several persons jointly entitled to institute a suit or make an application for the executionRead More →

8. Special exceptions. Nothing in section 6 or in section 7 applies to suits to enforce rights of pre-emption, or shall be deemed to extend,Read More →

9. Continuous running of time. Where once time has begun to run, no subsequent disability or inability to institute a suit or make an applicationRead More →

10. Suits against trustees and their representatives. Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Act, no suit against a person in whom propertyRead More →

11. Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends. (1) Suits instituted in the territories to which this Act extendsRead More →

PART III – COMPUTATION OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION 12. Exclusion of time in legal proceedings. (1) In computing the period of limitation for any suit, appeal orRead More →

14. Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction. (1) In computing the period of limitation for any suit the time duringRead More →