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57

Law of Limitation

Act: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Courts and Laws Code Act 1949

Section Provisions

'THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR 'THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR COURTS AND LAWS CODE, 1949 CHAPTER VII 57. Law of Limitation. 12[(i) The provisions of the Indian Limitation Act shall govern all suits, appeals and applications: Provided that the provisions of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Limitation Act of the Old Dogra Regime shall apply to suits based on causes of action which accrued before coming into force of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Courts and Laws Code of 1949. (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section the Civil Procedure Code or any other law for the time being in force, proceedings in suits in which the cause of action accrued before coming into force of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Courts and Laws Code, 1949 and which were dismissed on account of being time barred in consequence of a change in the period of limitation due to the enforcement of the Indian Limitation Act instead of the Jammu and Kashmir Limitation Act of Old Regime, shall be revived and continued further by the courts concerned on the application of the party adversely affected.]