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The Indian Limitation Act 1877, 15 of 1877, (Rep., Act 9 of 1908)

28 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 1Suits instituted in British India on contracts entered into in a foreign country are subject to the rules prescribed by this Act
  2. 2On and from that day the Acts mentioned in the first schedule hereto annexed shall be repealed to the extent therein specified
  3. 3In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context
  4. 4Subject to the provisions contained in sections 5 to 25 (inclusive), every suit instituted, appeal p
  5. 5If the period of limitation prescribed for any suit, appeal or application expires on a day when the
  6. 6When, by any special or local law now or hereafter in force in British India, a period of limitation
  7. 7Legal disability
  8. 8When one of several joint creditors or claimants is under any such disability, and when a discharge
  9. 9When once time has begun to run, no subsequent disability or inability to sue stops it:
  10. 10Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no suit against a person in whom property has becom
  11. 11Suits on foreign contracts
  12. 12Exclusion of day on which right to sue accrues
  13. 13Section 13
  14. 14Exclusion of time of proceeding bond fide in Court without jurisdiction
  15. 15Exclusion of time during which commencement of suit is stayed by injunction or order
  16. 16Exclusion of time during which judgment-debtor is attempting to set aside execution-sale
  17. 17When a person who would, if he were living, have a right to institute a suit or make an application,
  18. 18Section 18
  19. 19If, before the expiration of the period prescribed for a suit or application in respect of any prope
  20. 20Effect of payment of interest as such
  21. 21One of several joint contractors, &c., not chargeable by reason of acknowledgment or payment made by another of them
  22. 22Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant
  23. 23In the case of a continuing breach of contract and in the case of a continuing wrong independent of
  24. 24In the case of a suit for compensation for an act which does not give rise to a cause of action unle
  25. 25All
  26. 26Section 26
  27. 27Provided that, when any land or water upon, over, or from which any easement has been enjoyed or der
  28. 28Extinguishment of right to property