Limitation Act, 1963
19. Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on
legacy –
Where payment on account of a debt or of interest on a 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 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 hand-writing 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 of produce of such land be deemed to
be a payment;
b. "debt" does not include money
payable under a decree or order of a court.