Lawgist58Application for registration
(1) The registration of a firm may be effected at any time by sending by post or delivering to the Registrar of the area in which any place of business of the firm is situated or proposed to be situated, a statement in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee, stating--
(a) the firm name,
(b) the place or principal place of business of the firm,
(c) the names of any other places where the firm carries on business,
(d) the date when each partner joined the firm,
(e) the names in full and permanent addresses of the partners, and
(f) the duration of the firm.
The statement shall be signed by all the partners, or by their agents specially authorised in this behalf.
(2) Each person signing the statement shall also verify it in the manner prescribed.
(3) A firm name shall not contain any of the following words, namely:--
"Crown", "Emperor", "Empress", "Empire", "Imperial", "King", "Queen", "Royal", or words expressing or implying the sanction, approval or patronage of 1*** Government 2***,except 3[when the State Government] signifies 4[its] consent to the use of such words as part of the firm name by order in writing 5***
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1. The words "the Crown or the Central Government or any Provincial" omitted by the A. O. 1950. The words “the Central Government or any Provincial Government or the Crown Representative" were subs. by the A. O. 1937 for “the G. of I. or a L. G."
2. The words "or the Crown Representative" omitted by the A.O. 1948.
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "when the G.G. in C.".
4. Subs. ibid. for "his"
5. The words "under the hand of one of the Secretaries to the G. of I." omitted, ibid.
- 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
