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    The Limitation Act 1963 establishes limitation periods for legal claims and proceedings in India. It covers suits, appeals and applications and defines the periods of limitation for various types of civil and criminal matters. The Act also addresses issues like legal disability, fraud, acknowledgment of debt and exclusion of time that may extend or interrupt a limitation period. It aims to ensure matters are not unduly prolonged and claims are filed within a reasonable time.

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    The Limitation Act 1963 establishes limitation periods for legal claims and proceedings in India. It covers suits, appeals and applications and defines the periods of limitation for various types of civil and criminal matters. The Act also addresses issues like legal disability, fraud, acknowledgment of debt and exclusion of time that may extend or interrupt a limitation period. It aims to ensure matters are not unduly prolonged and claims are filed within a reasonable time.

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    The Limitation Act 1963 establishes limitation periods for legal claims and proceedings in India. It covers suits, appeals and applications and defines the periods of limitation for various types of civil and criminal matters. The Act also addresses issues like legal disability, fraud, acknowledgment of debt and exclusion of time that may extend or interrupt a limitation period. It aims to ensure matters are not unduly prolonged and claims are filed within a reasonable time.

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    LIMITATION ACT 1963

    Part I

    PRELIMINARY

    A. Extent and commencement (10)

    B. Definitions (10)

    Page | 1
    Part II

    LIMITATION OF SUITS, APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS

    A. Bar of Limitation (13)

    Page | 2
    B. Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed (17)

    C. Extension of prescribed period in certain cases (18)

    D. Legal Disability (25)

    Page | 3
    E. Disability of one of several persons (30)

    F. Special exceptions (32)

    G. Continuous running of time (34)

    H. Suits against trustees and their representatives (37)

    Page | 4
    I. Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends (41)

    Part III

    COMPUTATION OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION

    A. Exclusion of time in legal proceedings (43)

    B. Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for (47)

    Page | 5
    C. Exclusion of time of proceedings bona fide in court without Jurisdiction (47)

    D. Exclusion of time in certain other cases (54)

    E. Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue (59)

    F. Effect of fraud or mistake (61)

    Page | 6
    G. Effect of acknowledgement in writing (63)

    H. Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy (69)

    I. Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person (76)

    Page | 7
    J. Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant (78)

    K. Continuing breaches and torts (82)

    L. Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage
    (85)

    Page | 8
    M. Computation of time mentioned in instrument (86)

    Part IV

    ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP BY POSSESSION

    A. Acquisition of easements by prescription (87)

    B. Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement (91)

    C. Extinguishment of right to property


    (92)

    Page | 9
    Part V

    MISCELLANEOUS

    A. Amendment of certain Acts


    (97)

    B. Savings
    (97)

    C. Provision of suits etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed
    by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908
    (98)

    D. Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc. (99)

    Page | 10
    E. Repeals (99)

    THE SCHEDULE

    Periods of Limitation

    First Division : SUITS (101)

    Page | 11
    Second Division : APPEALS (147)

    Third Division : APPLICATIONS (149)

    Page | 12
    ANALYTICAL SUMMARY OF THE ACT (155)

    Page | 13

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