Limitation Act, 1963
Section 4, Limitation Act: Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
Section 4 of the Limitation Act, 1963, in the Act's own words.
The section
4. Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed.
Where the prescribed period for any suit, appeal or application expires on a day when the court is closed, the suit, appeal or application may be instituted, preferred or made on the day when the court re-opens. Explanation.--A court shall be deemed to be closed on any day within the meaning of this section if during any part of its normal working hours it remains closed on that day.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 4 (read 1 September 2026)