Lim 12 — Exclusion of time in legal proceedings

Limitation Act, 1963

Statutory text

(1) In computing the period of limitation for any suit, appeal or application, the day from which such period is to be reckoned, shall be excluded.
(2)  In computing  the  period  of  limitation  for  an  appeal  or  an  application  for  leave  to  appeal  or  for
revision or for review of a judgment, the day on which the judgment complained of was pronounced and
the  time  requisite  for  obtaining  a  copy  of  the  decree,  sentence  or  order  appealed  from  or  sought  to  be revised or reviewed shall be excluded.
(3)  Where  a  decree  or  order  is  appealed  from  or  sought  to  be  revised  or  reviewed,  or  where  an
application is made for leave to appeal from a decree or order, the time requisite for obtaining a copy of
the judgment

*** shall also be excluded.
(4) In computing the  period of limitation for an application to set aside  an award, the time  requisite for obtaining a copy of the award shall be excluded.
Explanation.—In computing under this section the time requisite for obtaining a copy of a decree or
an  order,  any  time  taken  by  the  court  to  prepare  the  decree  or  order  before  an  application  for  a  copy thereof is made shall not be excluded.

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