Limitation Act, 1963
An Act to consolidate and amend the law for the limitation of suits and other proceedings and for purposes connected therewith.
Chapter I: Preliminary
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement 2 judgments
- 2 Definitions 24 judgments
Chapter II: Limitation of Suits, Appeals and Applications
- 3 Bar of limitation 104 judgments
- 4 Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed 68 judgments
- 5 Extension of prescribed period in certain cases 291 judgments
- 6 Legal disability 10 judgments
- 7 Disability of one of several persons 5 judgments
- 8 Special exceptions 3 judgments
- 9 Continuous running of time 10 judgments
- 10 Suits against trustees and their representatives 13 judgments
- 11 Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends 1 judgment
Chapter III: Computation of Period of Limitation
- 12 Exclusion of time in legal proceedings 53 judgments
- 13 Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for 4 judgments
- 14 Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction 128 judgments
- 15 Exclusion of time in certain other cases 25 judgments
- 16 Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue 3 judgments
- 17 Effect of fraud or mistake 26 judgments
- 18 Effect of acknowledgment in writing 39 judgments
- 19 Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy 14 judgments
- 20 Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person 11 judgments
- 21 Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant 10 judgments
- 22 Continuing breaches and torts 15 judgments
- 23 Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage 9 judgments
- 24 Computation of time mentioned in instruments 39 judgments
Chapter IV: Acquisition of Ownership by Possession
- 25 Acquisition of easements by prescription 2 judgments
- 26 Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement 2 judgments
- 27 Extinguishment of right to property 28 judgments
Chapter V: Miscellaneous
- 28 Repealed 12 judgments
- 29 Savings 87 judgments
- 30 Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 6 judgments
- 31 Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc 3 judgments
- 32 Repealed 1 judgment
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.