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Section 6 of the Limitation Act, 1963 is an enabling section for persons under legal disability. Section 8 controls Sections 6 and 7 to provide a maximum extension period. What is that maximum?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 6 of the Limitation Act, 1963 is an enabling provision: where the prescribed period expires before cessation of disability, the disabled person gets a **fresh period of limitation from the attainment of majority**.
2. **Section 8 controls Sections 6 and 7**: it imposes a limitation on this concession — **in no case shall the period extended by Section 6, by virtue of Section 8, EXCEED THREE YEARS from cessation of disability** (i.e. attainment of majority).
3. The Section applies to all suits **except suits to enforce rights of pre-emption**.
4. Both Sections 6 and 7 must be read with Section 8; Section 7 is an application of the Section 6 principle to joint inheritance by a group of persons.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive — Lesson 7, 'Persons under legal disability', p. 156._
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