law: Limitation Act, 1963 
  19. Effect of payment on account of debt or of interest on
  
  legacy – 
  Where payment on account of a debt or of interest on a legacy is
  
  made before the expiration of the prescribed period by the person liable to pay
  
  the debt or legacy or by his agent duly Authorized in this behalf, a fresh
  
  period of limitation shall be computed from the time when payment was made:
  Provided  that, save in the case of payment of interest
  
  made before the 1st day of January,1928, an acknowledgment of the
  
  payment appears in the hand-writing of, or in a writing signed by the person
  
  making the payment.
  Explanation -  For the purposes of this section, - 
  a. where mortgaged land is in the possession
  
  of the mortgagee, the receipt of the rent of produce of such land be deemed to
  
  be a payment;
  b. "debt" does not include money
  
  payable under a decree or order of a court.