Limitation Act, 1963
Master statutory directory covering all 32 sections of Limitation Act. Live search by section number or subject matter, and click through to the complete statutory practice guide.
Master statutory directory covering all 32 sections of Limitation Act. Live search by section number or subject matter, and click through to the complete statutory practice guide.
| Section | Statutory Provision & Subject | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Sec 1 | Short title, extent and commencement | Guide |
| Sec 2 | Definitions | Guide |
| Sec 3 | Bar of limitation | Guide |
| Sec 4 | Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed | Guide |
| Sec 5 | Extension of prescribed period in certain cases | Guide |
| Sec 6 | Legal disability | Guide |
| Sec 7 | Disability of one of several persons | Guide |
| Sec 8 | Special exceptions | Guide |
| Sec 9 | Continuous running of time | Guide |
| Sec 10 | Suits against trustees and their representatives | Guide |
| Sec 11 | Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends | Guide |
| Sec 12 | Exclusion of time in legal proceedings | Guide |
| Sec 13 | Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for | Guide |
| Sec 14 | Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction | Guide |
| Sec 15 | Exclusion of time in certain other cases | Guide |
| Sec 16 | Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue | Guide |
| Sec 17 | Effect of fraud or mistake | Guide |
| Sec 18 | Effect of acknowledgment in writing | Guide |
| Sec 19 | Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy | Guide |
| Sec 20 | Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person | Guide |
| Sec 21 | Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant | Guide |
| Sec 22 | Continuing breaches and torts | Guide |
| Sec 23 | Suit for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage | Guide |
| Sec 24 | Computation of time mentioned in instruments | Guide |
| Sec 25 | Acquisition of easements by prescription | Guide |
| Sec 26 | Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement | Guide |
| Sec 27 | Extinguishment of right to property | Guide |
| Sec 28 | Repealed | Guide |
| Sec 29 | Savings | Guide |
| Sec 30 | Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 | Guide |
| Sec 31 | Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc. | Guide |
| Sec 32 | Repealed | Guide |