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A list of sections in an act is vital for clarity and structure in legal interpretation. It organizes the law into specific topics, making it easier for legal professionals and the public to navigate. Each section focuses on distinct legal matters, ensuring precise reference points for applying the law. By categorizing rights, duties, and procedures, the list guides proper legal actions and strengthens accountability.
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Limitations Act 1963 List of Sections or Index of Sections
Part I Preliminary
- Short title, extent and commencement.
- Definitions.
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Part II Limitation of Suits, Appeals and Applications
- Bar of limitation.
- Expiry of prescribed period when court is closed.
- Extension of prescribed period in certain cases.
- Legal disability.
- Disability of one of several persons.
- Special exceptions.
- Continuous running of time.
- Suits against trustees and their representatives.
- Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends.
Part III Computation of Period of Limitation
- Exclusion of time in legal proceedings.
- Exclusion of time in cases where leave to sue or appeal as a pauper is applied for.
- Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction.
- Exclusion of time in certain other cases.
- Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue.
- Effect of fraud or mistake.
- Effect of acknowledgment in writing.
- Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on legacy.
- Effect of acknowledgment or payment by another person.
- Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant.
- Continuing breaches and torts.
- Suits for compensation for acts not actionable without special damage.
- Computation of time mentioned in instruments
Part IV Acquisition of Ownership by Possession
- Acquisition of easements by prescription.
- Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement.
- Extinguishment of right to property
Part V Miscellaneous Sections
- [Repealed.]
- Savings.
- Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908.
- Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc.
- [Repealed.]
Schedule to the Limitation Act 1963
- Division 1 – Suits
- Part 1 – SUITS RELATING TO ACCOUNTS
- Part 2 – SUITS RELATING TO CONTRACTS
- Part 3 – SUITS RELATING TO DECLARATIONS
- Part 4 – SUITS RELATING TO DECREES AND INSTRUMENTS
- Part 5 – SUITS RELATING TO IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
- Part 6 – SUITS RELATING TO MOVABLE PROPERTY
- Part 7 – SUITS RELATING TO TORT
- Part 8 – SUITS RELATING TO TRUSTS AND TRUST PROPERTY
- Part 9 – SUITS RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
- Part 10 – SUITS FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PRESCRIBED PERIOD
- Division 2 – Appeals
- Division 3 – Applications
- Part 1 – APPLICATIONS IN SPECIFIED CASES
- Part 2 – OTHER APPLICATION
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