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Limitation Act, 1963 · First Division — Suits · Part IV. — Suits Relating To Decrees And Instruments

Article 59: To cancel or set aside an instrument or decree or for the rescission of a contract

Description of suitTo cancel or set aside an instrument or decree or for the rescission of a contract.
Period of limitationThree years.
Time from which period begins to runWhen the facts entitling the plaintiff to have the instrument or decree cancelled or set aside or the contract rescinded first become known to him.

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