Limitation Act, 1963
15. Exclusion of time in certain other cases –
(1) In computing the period of limitation for any suit or
application for the execution of a decree, the institution or execution of
which has been stayed by injunction or order, the time of continuance of the
injunction or order, the day on which it was issued or made, and the day on
which it was withdrawn, shall be excluded.
(2) In computing the period of limitation for any suit of which
notice has been given, or for which the previous consent or sanction of the
Government or any other authority is required, in accordance with the
requirements of any law for the time being in force, the period of such notice
or, as the case may be, the time required for obtaining such consent or
sanction shall be excluded.
Explanation - In excluding the time required for
obtaining the consent or sanction of the Government or any other authority, the
date on which the application was made obtaining the consent or sanction and
the date of receipt of the order of the Government or other authority shall
both be counted.
(3) In computing the period of limitation for any suit or
application for execution of decree by any receiver of interim receiver
appointed in proceedings for the adjudication of a person as an insolvent or by
any liquidator or provisional liquidator appointment in proceedings for the
winding up of a company, the period beginning with the date of institution of such
proceeding and ending with the expiry of three months from the date of
appointment of such receiver or liquidator, as the case may be, shall be
excluded.
(4) In computing the period of limitation for a suit for
possession by a purchaser at a sale in execution of a decree, the time during
which a proceeding to set aside the sale has been prosecuted shall be excluded.
(5) In computing the period of limitation for any suit the time during
which the defendant has been absent from India and from the territories outside
India under the administration of the Central Government, shall be excluded.