(1) In computing the period of limitation for any suit, appeal or application, the day from which such period is to be reckoned, shall be excluded.
(2) In computing the period of limitation for an appeal or an application for leave to appeal or for revision or for review of a judgment, the day on which the judgment complained of was pronounced and the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the decree, sentence or order appealed from or sought to be revised or reviewed shall be excluded.
(3) Where a decree or order is appealed from or sought to be revised or reviewed, or where an application is made for leave to appeal from a decree or order, the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the judgment shall also be excluded.
(4) In computing the period of limitation for an application to set aside an award, the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the award shall be excluded.
Explanation.— In computing under this section the time requisite for obtaining a copy of a decree or an order, any time taken by the court to prepare the decree or order before an application for a copy thereof is made shall not be excluded.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 12
Section 12 of the Limitation Act, 1963 prescribes mandatory statutory exclusions of time in legal proceedings, notably for computing periods of limitation for suits, appeals, applications for leave to appeal, and revision or review.
The date of filing the copy application and the date on which the certified copy was made ready for delivery (as certified on the reverse of the copy) are the crucial parameters determining the net deductible days.
Exclusion under Section 12 is a matter of statutory right, requiring no application for condonation under Section 5. The date of filing the copy application and the date on which the certified copy was made ready for delivery (as certified on the reverse of the copy) are the crucial parameters determining the net deductible days.