| Contents |
| Sections |
Particulars |
| |
Preamble |
| Part I |
Preliminary |
| 1 |
Short title, extent and commencement |
| 2 |
Definitions |
| Part II |
Limitation of Suits, Appeals and Applications |
| 3 |
Bar of Limitation |
| 4 |
Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed |
| 5 |
Extension of prescribed period in certain cases |
| 6 |
Legal disability |
| 7 |
Disability of one of several persons |
| 8 |
Special exceptions |
| 9 |
Continuous running of time |
| 10 |
Suits against trustees and their representatives |
| 11 |
Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends |
| Part III |
Computation of Period of Limitation |
| 12 |
Exclusion of time in legal proceedings |
| 13 |
Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue of appeal as a pauper is applied for |
| 14 |
Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction |
| 15 |
Exclusion of time in certain other cases |
| 16 |
Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue |
| 17 |
Effect of fraud or mistake |
| 18 |
Effect to acknowledgment in writing |
| 19 |
Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest or legacy |
| 20 |
Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person |
| 21 |
Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant |
| 22 |
Continuing breaches and torts |
| 23 |
Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage |
| 24 |
Computation of time mentioned in instruments |
| Part IV |
Acquisition of ownership by possession |
| 25 |
Acquisition of easements by prescription |
| 26 |
Exclusion in favor of reversioner of servant tenement |
| 27 |
Extinguishment of right to property |
| Part V |
Miscellaneous |
| 28 |
Amendment of certain Acts |
| 29 |
Savings |
| 30 |
Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1980 |
| 31 |
Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc |
| 32 |
Repeal |
| Schedule |
Period of Limitations |
| Division I |
Suits |
| Part I |
Suits relating to Accounts |
| Part II |
Suits relating to Contracts |
| Part III |
Suits relating to Declarations |
| Part IV |
Suits relating to decrees and instruments |
| Part V |
Suits relating to Immovable Property |
| Part VI |
Suits relating to movable property |
| Part VII |
Suits relating to torts |
| Part VIII |
Suits relating to trust and trust property |
| Part IX |
Suits relating to miscellaneous maters |
| Part X |
Suits for which there is no prescribed period |
| Division II |
Appeals |
| Division III |
Applications |
| Part I |
Applications in specified cases |
| Part II |
Other applications |
