Bar of limitation.
Subject to the provisions contained in sections 4 to 24 inclusive , every suit instituted, appeal preferred, and application made after the prescribed period shall be dismissed, although limitation has not been set up as a defence.
For the purposes of this Act 2 For the purposes of this Act a a suit is instituted a a suit is instituted i in an ordinary case, when the plaint is presented to the proper officer i in an ordinary case, when the plaint is presented to the proper officer ii in the case of a pauper, when his application for leave to sue as a pauper is made and ii in the case of a pauper, when his application for leave to sue as a pauper is made and iii in the case of a claim against a company which is being wound up by the court, when the claimant first sends in his claim to the official liquidator iii in the case of a claim against a company which is being wound up by the court, when the claimant first sends in his claim to the official liquidator b any claim by way of a set off or a counter claim, shall be treated as a separate suit and shall be deemed to have been instituted b any claim by way of a set off or a counter claim, shall be treated as a separate suit and shall be deemed to have been instituted i in the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded i in the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded ii in the case of a counter claim, on the date on which the counter claim is made in court ii in the case of a counter claim, on the date on which the counter claim is made in court c an application by notice of motion in a High Court is made when the application is presented to the proper officer of that court.
a a suit is instituted a a suit is instituted i in an ordinary case, when the plaint is presented to the proper officer i in an ordinary case, when the plaint is presented to the proper officer ii in the case of a pauper, when his application for leave to sue as a pauper is made and ii in the case of a pauper, when his application for leave to sue as a pauper is made and iii in the case of a claim against a company which is being wound up by the court, when the claimant first sends in his claim to the official liquidator iii in the case of a claim against a company which is being wound up by the court, when the claimant first sends in his claim to the official liquidator
in an ordinary case, when the plaint is presented to the proper officer i in an ordinary case, when the plaint is presented to the proper officer
in the case of a pauper, when his application for leave to sue as a pauper is made and ii in the case of a pauper, when his application for leave to sue as a pauper is made and
in the case of a claim against a company which is being wound up by the court, when the claimant first sends in his claim to the official liquidator iii in the case of a claim against a company which is being wound up by the court, when the claimant first sends in his claim to the official liquidator
b any claim by way of a set off or a counter claim, shall be treated as a separate suit and shall be deemed to have been instituted b any claim by way of a set off or a counter claim, shall be treated as a separate suit and shall be deemed to have been instituted i in the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded i in the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded ii in the case of a counter claim, on the date on which the counter claim is made in court ii in the case of a counter claim, on the date on which the counter claim is made in court
in the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded i in the case of a set off, on the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded
in the case of a counter claim, on the date on which the counter claim is made in court ii in the case of a counter claim, on the date on which the counter claim is made in court
c an application by notice of motion in a High Court is made when the application is presented to the proper officer of that court.