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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.

SectionHeading
1Short title, extent and commencement
2Definitions
3Bar of limitation
4Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
5Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
6Legal disability
7Disability of one of several persons
8Special exceptions
9Continuous running of time
10Suits against trustees and their representatives
11Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends
12Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
13Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for
14Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
15Exclusion of time in certain other cases
16Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue
17Effect of fraud or mistake
18Effect of acknowledgment in writing
19Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy
20Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person
21Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant
22Continuing breaches and torts
23Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage
24Computation of time mentioned in instruments
25Acquisition of easements by prescription
26Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement
27Extinguishment of right to property
28Repealed
29Savings
30Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908
31Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc
32Repealed

Sources

  1. India Code: Limitation Act, 1963 (read 1 September 2026)

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