1. Short title
(1)
This Act may be called the Limitation Act, 1963.
(2)
It extends to the whole of India ***.
(3)
It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment notes (4)
- omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31- 10- 2019).
- 21st January, 1964, vide notification No. S.O. 3118, dated 29th October, 1963, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
- Amended in West Bengal by W.B. Act 18 of 1977.
- 1st September, 1984, vide notification No. S.O. 647(C), in respect of the State of Sikkim dated 24th August, 1984, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 3(ii).