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Limitation Act, 1963 · First Division — Suits · Part II. — Suits Relating To Contracts

Article 26: For money payable to the plaintiff for money found to be due from the defendant to the…

Description of suitFor money payable to the plaintiff for money found to be due from the defendant to the plaintiff on accounts stated between them.
Period of limitationThree years.
Time from which period begins to runWhen the accounts are stated in writing signed by the defendant or his agent duly authorised in this behalf, unless where the debt is, by a simultaneous agreement in writing signed as aforesaid, made payable at a future time, and then when that time arrives.

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