Effect of acknowledgment in writing and part-payment (S. 18-20)

You lent a friend twenty thousand rupees two and a half years ago, and the three years for suing are about to run out. Last week he sent you a signed note saying he knows he owes the money. Has that note bought you more time? Yes, but only if it was written and signed before the period ended. Sections 18 to 20 deal with acknowledgment, part-payment and whose word counts.

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A signed written acknowledgment of liability (s.18) or a payment on account of a debt with a written or signed acknowledgment of the payment (s.19), made before the prescribed period ends, gives a fresh period of limitation counted from the date of signing or payment.

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