Unit V · Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation

Computation, exclusion of time and acknowledgment

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Statute sections

Act / instrument	Section	Name
Limitation Act, 1963	12	Exclusion of time in legal proceedings
Limitation Act, 1963	13–14	Exclusion of time in certain other cases and of proceeding bona fide in court without jurisdiction
Limitation Act, 1963	18	Effect of acknowledgment in writing
Limitation Act, 1963	19	Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest

(2009) 12 SCC 175 · Supreme Court of India

Section 14 exclusion requires due diligence and good faith in a prior proceeding that failed for want of jurisdiction or a like cause.

AIR 1999 SC 1047 · Supreme Court of India

An acknowledgment under section 18 must be in writing, signed, and made before the period expires, in respect of the liability in question.

(2008) 7 SCC 169 · Supreme Court of India

The benefit of section 14 is available in arbitration-related court proceedings where the earlier forum could not entertain the matter.