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The Indian Limitation Act 1908, 9 of 1908 (Rep., Act 36 of 1963)

32 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. 1concld
  3. 2In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
  4. 3concld
  5. 4In the case of a suit for compensation for an act which does not give rise to a cause of action unle
  6. 5(where the application next hereinafter mentioned has been made) the date of applying in accordance
  7. 6(1) Where a person entitled to institute a suit or make an application for the execution of a decree
  8. 7Where any land or water upon, over or from which any easement has been enjoyed or derived has been h
  9. 8Nothing in section 6 or in section 7 applies to suits to enforce rights of pre-emption, or shall be
  10. 9(1) Nothing in this Act shall
  11. 10Notwithstanding
  12. 11Suits on foreign contracts
  13. 12Section 12
  14. 13Exclusion of time of defendant's absence from British India and certain other territories
  15. 14(1) In computing the period of limitation prescribed for any suit, the time during which the plainti
  16. 15(1) In computing the period of limitation prescribed for any suit or application for the execution o
  17. 16Exclusion of time during which proceedings to set aside execution-sale are pending
  18. 17(1) Where a person who would, if he were living, have a right to institute a suit or make an applica
  19. 18Where any person having a right to institute a suit or make an application has, by means of fraud, been
  20. 19(1) Where, before the expiration of the period prescribed for a suit or application in respect of an
  21. 20Effect of payment of interest as such or of part payment of principal
  22. 21Agent of person under disability
  23. 22(1) Where, after the institution of a suit, a new plaintiff or defendant is substituted or added, the
  24. 23In the case of a continuing breach of contract and in the case of a continuing wrong independent of
  25. 24In the case of a suit for compensation for an act which does not give rise to a cause of action unle
  26. 25All instruments shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be made with reference to the Gregorian calendar
  27. 26(1) Where the access and use of light or air to and for any building have been peaceably enjoyed the
  28. 27Where any land or water upon, over or from which any easement has been enjoyed or derived has been h
  29. 28Section 28
  30. 29(1) Nothing in this Act shall
  31. 30Provision for suits for which the period prescribed is shorter than that prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1877
  32. 31Provision for suits by certain mortgagees in territories mentioned in the second schedule