(l ) Every application to the court shall be brouglrt rvithin three years from the datc on which lhc catrsc ol'action itrose or ls thc clsc may be the claim became due;
Providcd that thc court rnay cntcrtain un allplicltion after the said period of three years if it is sirtislletl tlurt tlu nppliciurt lratl sufficient reasons for nol nraking thc application within thc suid pcriod.
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(2)Subjcctasaforesaidtheprovisionsofpartsllandlllof the Indian Limitation Act,l963 (36 oI'1963) shall so lar as may apply tct every such applicatiott.
18, Application presented to wronq courl:-
(l) Where on receiving ari application it appears to the court that it should be presented to another court, it shall retum it to the applicanr after endorsing upon it the dates of the presentatiol Id return, the reason for returni-ng it and the name of the couft to which it should be presented.
(2) Where it appears to the court at any stage subsequent ro the presentation of an ipplication, that the application should have been presented to another court rn the same State the first mentioned court sirall send the application to the court empowered to deal with it and shall inform the applicant (and the opposite parry, if he has received a copy of the application under Rule-19), accordingly '
(3) The court to which an application .is transferred under suU-rute1Z) may continue the proceeding as if the fr..,iour proceeding or any pafl ;f it had been taken before it' if it is satisfied tiiat the intlrests of the parties will not thereby be prejudiced