Limitation Act, 1963

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The Limitation Act, 1963 is an Indian statute that prescribes the time limits within which legal proceedings must be initiated for various civil claims and remedies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of India
Indian statute
actNumber 36 of 1963
appliesTo civil appeals
civil applications
civil suits
commencementDate 01 January 1964
contains Schedule prescribing specific limitation periods
provisions on acknowledgment of liability
provisions on computation of limitation
provisions on effect of fraud or mistake
provisions on exclusion of time in certain cases
provisions on extension of prescribed period
provisions on legal disability
country India
defines periods of limitation for appeals
periods of limitation for applications
periods of limitation for suits
doesNotApplyTo criminal proceedings
enactedBy Parliament of India NERFINISHED
fieldOfLaw civil law
procedural law
governs limitation period for execution of decrees
limitation period for suits relating to contracts
limitation period for suits relating to immovable property
limitation period for suits relating to movable property
limitation period for suits relating to torts
jurisdiction India NERFINISHED
languageOfText English
legalEffect bars remedy if proceedings are not filed within prescribed period
does not generally extinguish the underlying right except as provided in Section 27
longTitle An Act to consolidate and amend the law for the limitation of suits and other proceedings and for purposes connected therewith
purpose to prescribe time limits for institution of civil proceedings
to promote legal certainty and finality of disputes
region applies throughout India except areas where specially excluded by law
repealedStatute Indian Limitation Act, 1908 NERFINISHED
section Section 12 – Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
Section 14 – Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
Section 18 – Effect of acknowledgment in writing
Section 19 – Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy
Section 27 – Extinguishment of right to property
Section 3 – Bar of limitation
Section 4 – Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed
Section 5 – Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
Section 6 – Legal disability
shortTitle Limitation Act, 1963 NERFINISHED
subjectMatter civil procedure
law of limitation
yearEnacted 1963

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 relatedTo Limitation Act, 1963