LIMITATION ACT, 1963

No: 36 Dated: Oct, 05 1963

LIMITATION ACT, 1963 

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Limitation Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of India. [The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019)]
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) "applicant" includes-

(i) a petitioner;

(ii) any person from or through whom an applicant derives his right to apply;
(iii) any person whose estate is represented by the applicant as executor, administrator or other representative;
(b) "application" includes a petition;

(c) "bill of exchange" includes a hundi and a cheque;

(d) "bond" includes any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another, on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified act is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be;