Lim 29 — Savings

Limitation Act, 1963

Statutory text

(1) Nothing in this  Act shall affect section 25 of the  Indian  Contract Act, 1872 (9 of
1872).
(2) Where any special or local law prescribes for any suit, appeal or application a period of limitation
different  from  the  period  prescribed  by  the  Schedule,  the  provisions  of  section  3  shall  apply  as  if  such
period  were  the  period  prescribed  by  the  Schedule  and  for  the  purpose  of  determining  any  period  of
limitation  prescribed  for  any  suit,  appeal  or  application  by  any  special  or  local  law,  the  provisions
contained in sections 4 to 24 (inclusive) shall apply only in so far as, and to the extent to which, they are not expressly excluded by such special or local law.
(3)  Save  as  otherwise  provided  in  any  law  for  the  time  being  in  force  with  respect  to  marriage  and divorce, nothing in this Act shall apply to any suit or other proceeding under any such law.
(4) Sections 25 and 26 and the definition of “easement” in section 2 shall not apply to cases arising in the territories to which the Indian Easements Act, 1882 (5 of 1882), may for the time being extend.

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