Court Fees Act, 1850
19.Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on
legacy .-
Where payment on account of a debt or of interest on legacy is
made before the expiration of the prescribed period by the person liable to pay
the debt or legacy or by his agent duly authorized in this behalf, a fresh
period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the payment was made:
Provided that, save in the case of payment of interest
made before the 1st day of January, 1928, an acknowledgment of the payment
appears in the handwriting of, or in a writing signed by, the person making the
payment.
Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section.—
(a) where mortgaged land is in the possession of the mortgagee,
the receipt of the rent or produce of such land shall be deemed to be a
payment;
(b) "debt" does not include money payable under a
decree or order of a court.