https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284096 Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 was held inapplicable to appeals before the appellate authority under the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 because the special statute provided its own limitation scheme and did not expressly confer condonation power. The appellate authority was treated as a persona designata, not a court, so the general power to condone delay under Section 5 could not be exercised by it. The omission of an earlier express reference to Section 5, together with the structure of Section 18(1)(b), showed that the Rent Control Act was intended to operate as a self-contained code on limitation. The revision petitions therefore failed and the time-bar dismissal was upheld. en-us Tue, 27 Jun 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:45:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284096 Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 was held inapplicable to appeals before the appellate authority under the Kerala Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1965 because the special statute provided its own limitation scheme and did not expressly confer condonation power. The appellate authority was treated as a persona designata, not a court, so the general power to condone delay under Section 5 could not be exercised by it. The omission of an earlier express reference to Section 5, together with the structure of Section 18(1)(b), showed that the Rent Control Act was intended to operate as a self-contained code on limitation. The revision petitions therefore failed and the time-bar dismissal was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 Jun 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284096