Where no
shorter period of limitation is fixed by any law for the time being in force, the liability of
1[the Government] in respect of any interest payment due on a Government security shall
terminate on the expiry of six years from the date on which the amount due by way of interest
became payable.
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1949, s. 6, for "The Central Government" (w.e.f. 1-4-1949).