What is a limitation act?
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| Act ID: | 196336 |
|---|---|
| Act Year: | 1963 |
| Short Title: | The Limitation Act, 1963 |
| Long Title: | An Act to consolidate and amend the law for the limitation of suits and other proceedings and for purposes connected therewith. |
| Ministry: | Ministry of Law and Justice |
What are the various features of Limitation Act?
Limitation Bars Remedy The law of limitation only bars the judicial remedy and does not extinguish the right. In other words, It means that the statute of limitation prescribes only the period within which legal proceedings have to be initiated. It does not restrict any period for setting up a defence to such actions.
What is the object of Limitation Act?
Object. -The object of the Law of limitation is to prevent disturbance or deprivation of what may have been acquired in equity and justice by long enjoyment or what may have been lost by party’s own inaction, negligence or laches.
How many chapters are there in limitation Act?
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Sections | Particulars |
| 29 | Savings |
| 30 | Provision for suits, etc., for which the prescribed period is shorter than the period prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1980 |
| 31 | Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc |
How many Schedules are there in limitation Act?
Schedule of Periods of Limitation of The Limitation Act, 1963
| Description of suits | |
|---|---|
| 83. | Under the Legal Representatives’ Suits Act, 1855 (12 of 1855) against an executor, an administrator or any other representative. |
| 84. | Against one who, having a right to use property for specific purposes, perverts it to other purposes. |
How many chapters are in the Limitation Act?
What is the importance of the Limitation Act?
The major purpose of the statutory of the Limitation Act, 1963 is not to destroy or infringe the rights of an aggrieved person but to serve public in a better way and to save time.
How many sections are there in Limitation Act?
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Sections | Particulars |
| 11 | Suits on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act extends |
| Part III | Computation of Period of Limitation |
| 12 | Exclusion of time in legal proceedings |
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Can a foreign rule of limitation be used in Pakistan?
(2) No foreign rule of limitation shall be a defence to a suit instituted in [Pakistan] on a contract entered into in a foreign country, unless the rule has extinguished the contract and the parties were domiciled in such country during the period prescribed by such rule. PART III COMPUTATION OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION 12.
When did the Limitation Act come into force?
Short title, extent and commencement. — (1) This Act may be called the Limitation Act, 1908. It extends to the whole of Pakistan.] This section and section 31 shall come into force at once. The rest of this Act shall come into force on the first day of January, 1909.
What is the exclusion of time of absence from Pakistan?
Exclusion of time of defendant’s absence from Pakistan etc. and certain other territories.—In computing the period of limitation prescribed for any suit, the time during which the defendant has been absent from [Pakistan] and from the territories beyond [Pakistan] under the administration of [the [Federal] Government] [***] shall be excluded. 14.
What is the preamble to the Limitation Act of 1908?
Preamble : — Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the limitation of suits, appeals and certain applications to Courts; and whereas it is also expedient to provide rules for acquiring by possession the ownership of easements and other property. Preamble.