Limitation Act, 1963
Section 13, Limitation Act: Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for
Section 13 of the Limitation Act, 1963, in the Act's own words.
The section
13. Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for.
In computing the period of limitation prescribed for any suit or appeal in any case where an application for leave to sue or appeal as a pauper has been made and rejected, the time during which the applicant has been prosecuting in good faith his application for such leave shall be excluded, and the court may, on payment of the court fees prescribed for such suit or appeal, treat the suit or appeal as having the same force and effect as if the court fees had been paid in the first instance.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
The periods themselves are in the Schedule: every article, with its period and when time begins to run.
Sources
- India Code: Limitation Act, 1963, section 13 (read 1 September 2026)