Limitation Period for Suits for which there is no prescribed Period

 

 Part X of Schedule 1

113.

Description of Suit :Any suit for which no period of limitation is provided elsewhere in this Schedule.

Limitation Period :Three years.
 
Time from which period begins to run : When the right to sue accrues.

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