37Right of outgoing partner in certain cases to share subsequent profits
Where any member of a firm has died or otherwise ceased to be a partner, and the surviving or continuing partners carry on the business of the firm with the property of the firm without any final settlement of accounts as between them and the outgoing partner or his estate, then, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, the outgoing partner or his estate is entitled at the option of himself or his representatives to such share of the profits made since he ceased to be a partner as may be attributable to the use of his share of the property of the firm or to interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum on the amount of his share in the property of the firm:
Provided that where by contract between the partners an option is given to surviving or continuing partners to purchase the interest of a deceased or outgoing partner, and that option is duly exercised, the estate of the deceased partner, or the outgoing partner or his estate, as the case may be, is not entitled to any further or other share of profits; but if any partner assuming to act in exercise of the option does not in all material respects comply with the terms thereof, he is liable to account under the foregoing provisions of this section.
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- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872
- 4 Definition of “partnership”, “partner”, “firm” and “firm name”
- 5 Partnership not created by status
- 6 Mode of determining existence of partnership
- 7 Partnership at will
- 8 Particular partnership
- 9 General duties of partners
- 10 Duty to indemnify for loss caused by fraud
- 11 Determination of rights and duties of partners by contract between the partners
- 12 The conduct of the business
- 13 Mutual rights and liabilities
- 14 The property of the firm
- 15 Application of the property of the firm
- 16 Personal profits earned by partners
- 17 Rights and duties of partners— after a change in the firm, after the expiry of the term of the firm, and where additional undertakings are carried ou
- 18 Partner to be agent of the firm
- 19 Implied authority of partner as agent of the firm
- 20 Extension and restriction of partner’s implied authority
- 21 Partner’s authority in an emergency
- 22 Mode of doing act to bind firm
- 23 Effect of admissions by a partner.
- 24 Effect of notice to acting partner
- 25 Liability of a partner for acts of the firm
- 26 Liability of the firm for wrongful acts of a partner
- 27 Liability of firm for misapplication by partners
- 28 Holding out
- 29 Rights of transferee of a partner ’s interest
- 30 Minors admitted to the benefits of partnership
- 31 Introduction of a partner
- 32 Retirement of a partner
- 33 Expulsion of a partner
- 34 Insolvency of a partner
- 35 Liability of estate of deceased partner
- 36 Rights of outgoing partner to carry on competing business
- 37 Right of outgoing partner in certain cases to share subsequent profits
- 38 Revocation of continuing guarantee by change in firm
- 39 Dissolution of a firm
- 40 Dissolution by agreement
- 41 Compulsory dissolution
- 42 Dissolution on the happening of certain contingencies
- 43 Dissolution by notice of partnership at will
- 44 Dissolution by the Court
- 45 Liability for acts of partners done after dissolution
- 46 Right of partners to have business wound up after dissolution
- 47 Continuing authority of partners for purposes of winding up
- 48 Mode of settlement of accounts between partners
- 49 Payment of firm debts and of separate debts
- 50 Personal profits earned after dissolution
- 51 Return of premium on premature dissolution
- 52 Rights where partnership contract is rescinded for fraud or misrepresentation
- 53 Right to restrain from use of firm name or firm property
- 54 Agreements in restraint of trade
- 55 Sale of goodwill after dissolution
- 56 Power to exempt from application of this Chapter
- 57 Appointment of Registrars
- 58 Application for registration
- 59 Registration
- 60 Recording of alterations in firm name and principal place of business
- 61 Noting of closing and opening of branches
- 62 Noting of changes in names and addresses of partners
- 63 Recording of changes in and dissolution of a firm
- 64 Rectification of mistakes
- 65 Amendment of Register by order of Court
- 66 Inspection of Register and filed documents
- 67 Grant of copies
- 68 Rules of evidence
- 69 Effect of non-registration
- 70 Penalty for furnishing false particulars
- 71 Power to make rules
- 72 Mode of giving public notice
- 73 [Repealed.]
- 74 Savings