Which of the following is true about section 16 of the Limitation Act ........

Limitation Act (LA) 1963 Computation of Period of Limitation

Which of the following is true about section 16 of the Limitation Act?

Section 16 confines to rights of action accruing after death.

It makes it applicable to rights of action accruing either simultaneous on death or thereafter of the person suing or sued.

In order to attract the applicability of Section 16, it is necessary that the death must occur before the right to institute a suit or make an application accrues.

All of the above

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Explanation:

Section 16 of Limitation Act –
16. Effect of death on or before the accrual of the right to sue. (1) Where a person who would, if he were living, have a right to institute a suit or make an application dies before the right accrues, or where a right to institute a suit or make an application accrues only on the death of a person, the period of limitation shall be computed from the time when there is a legal representative of the deceased capable of instituting such suit or making such application. (2) Where a person against whom, if he were living, a right to institute a suit or make an application would have accrued dies before the right accrues, or where a right to institute a suit or make an application against any person accrues on the death of such person, the period of limitation shall be computed from the time when there is a legal representative of the deceased against whom the plaintiff may institute such suit or making such application. (3) Nothing in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) applies to suits to enforce rights of pre-emption or to suits for the possession of immovable property or of a hereditary office.