The Limitation Act, 1908

1. PreamblePreamble

Part I PRELIMINARY

1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement
2. Section 2Definitions

Part II LIMITATION OF SUITS, APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS

1. Section 3Dismissal of suits, etc., instituted, etc., after period of limitation
2. Section 4Where Court is closed when period expires
3. Section 5Extension of period in certain cases
4. Section 6Legal disability
5. Section 7Disability of one of several plaintiffs or applicants
6. Section 8Special exceptions
7. Section 9Continuous running of time
8. Section 10Suits against express trustees and their representatives
9. Section 11Suits on foreign contracts

Part III COMPUTATION OF PERIOD OF LIMITATION

1. Section 12Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
2. Section 13Exclusion of time of defendant’s absence from Bangladesh and certain other territories
3. Section 14Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in Court without jurisdiction
4. Section 15Exclusion of time during which proceedings are suspended
5. Section 16Exclusion of time during which proceedings to set aside execution-sale are pending
6. Section 17Effect of death before right to sue accrues
7. Section 18Effect of fraud
8. Section 19Effect of acknowledgement in writing
9. Section 20Effect of payment on account of debt as of interest on legacy
10. Section 21Agent of persons under disability
11. Section 22Effect of substituting or adding new plaintiff or defendant
12. Section 23Continuing breaches and wrongs
13. Section 2424. Suit for compensation for act not actionable without special damage
14. Section 25Computation of time mentioned in instruments

Part IV ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP BY POSSESSION

1. Section 26Acquisition of right to easements
2. Section 27Exclusion in favour of reversioner of servient tenement.
3. Section 28Extinguishment of right to property

Part V SAVINGS AND REPEALS

1. Section x29[Repealed]Repealed
2. Section 29Savings

Schedules

1. ScheduleSchedule195 entries