Limitation Act · 3
Bar of limitation
Every suit instituted, appeal preferred and application made after the prescribed period shall be dismissed, although limitation has not been set up as a defence.
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The Limitation Act, 1963
1963 · Ministry of Law and Justice · 32 sections
Prescribes the periods within which suits, appeals and applications must be instituted, and the consequences of delay. The Schedule sets out the limitation period for each class of proceeding.
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Limitation Act · 5
Extension of prescribed period in certain cases
An appeal or application may be admitted after the prescribed period if the appellant or applicant satisfies the court that he had sufficient cause for not preferring it within that period.
Limitation Act · 14
Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
In computing the period of limitation, the time during which the plaintiff has been prosecuting with due diligence another civil proceeding founded on the same cause of action in a court unable to entertain it for defect of jurisdiction shall be excluded.
Limitation Act · 18
Effect of acknowledgment in writing
Where, before the expiration of the prescribed period, an acknowledgment of liability in respect of the property or right has been made in writing signed by the party against whom the right is claimed, a fresh period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the acknowledgment was so signed.
Limitation Act · 19
Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy
Where part payment of a debt or of interest is made before the expiration of the prescribed period by the person liable, a fresh period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the payment was made.
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