Explanation:

Section 17 – 
17. Effect of fraud or mistake. (1) Where, in the case of any suit or application for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act- (a) the suit or application is based upon the fraud of the defendant or respondent or his agent; or (b) the knowledge of the right or title on which suit or application is founded is concealed by the fraud of any such person as aforesaid; or 15(c) the suit or application is for relief from the consequences of a mistake; or (d) where any document necessary to establish the right of the plaintiff or applicant has been fraudulently concealed from him; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff or applicant has discovered the fraud or the mistake or could, with reasonable diligence, have discovered it; or in the case of a concealed document, until the plaintiff or the applicant first had the means of producing the concealed document or compelling its production