Section 31: Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc

The Limitation Act, 1963Central Act · Act 36 of 1963

Nothing in this Act shall,—

(a) enable any suit, appeal or application to be instituted, preferred or made, for which the period of limitation prescribed by the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of 1908), expired before the commencement of this Act; or

(b) affect any suit, appeal or application instituted, preferred or made before, and pending at, such commencement.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Limitation Act, 1963
Section	31
Marginal note	Provisions as to barred or pending suits, etc
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	3

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