Section 1. Suits instituted in British India on contracts entered into in a foreign country are subject to the rules prescribed by this Act

11. Suits instituted in British India on contracts entered into in a foreign country are subject to the rules prescribed by this Act. Foreign limitation law. No foreign rule of limitation shall be a defence to a suit instituted in British India on a contract entered into in a foreign country, unless the rule has extinguished the contract, and the parties were domiciled in 1877.] Limitation. 625 in such country during the period prescribed by such rule. --- PART I. PRELIMINARY. 1. This Act may be called "The Indian Limitation Act, 1877:" It extends to the whole of British India; but nothing contained in sections two and three or in Parts II and III applies— (a) to suits under the Indian Divorce Act, or (b) to suits under Madras Regulation VI of 1831; And it shall come into force on the first day of October 1877.