Partnership

Partnership

Partnership Act,1932: Two or more persons may form a partnership with no limit imposed on the minimum and the maximum number of partners.

Companies Act 2013: The maximum number of 100 must not exceed in case of partnership and minimum is 2 partners. In the Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

(a) an "act of a firm" means any act or omission by all the partners, or by any partner or agent of the firm which gives rise to a right enforceable by or against the firm;

(b) "business" includes every trade, occupation and profession;

(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(c-1) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Firms appointed under sub-section (1) of section 57 and includes the Deputy Registrar of Firms and Assistant Registrar of Firms appointed under sub-section (2) of that section;

(d) "third party" used in relation to a firm or to a partner therein means any person who is not a partner in the firm; and

(e) expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872, shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Act.

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