Limitation

(1) The provisions of any law fixing period of limitation for civil or revenue proceedings shall be deemed to be amended to the extent that the period of limitation of any suit triable by a Panchayat shall not exceed three years or the period fixed in Schedule II if the claim arose before the commencement of this Act. (2) Any time spent on proceedings in a Panchayat to which the provisions of sections 52 are applicable shall be excluded from any period of limitation prescribed by law for suits in other courts.