Limitation Act, 1963: every section

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

All 32 sections of the Limitation Act, 1963, each in the Act's own words.

Section	Heading
1	Short title, extent and commencement
2	Definitions
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
12	Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
13	Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or 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 of acknowledgment in writing
19	Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on 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
25	Acquisition of easements by prescription
26	Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement
27	Extinguishment of right to property
28	Repealed
29	Savings
30	Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908
31	Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc
32	Repealed

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