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Saturday, April 13

Definitions under Indian Partnership Act, 1932


(i) 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;
(ii) “business” includes every trade, occupation and profession;
(iii) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(iv) “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;
(v) “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
(vi) 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.


See section 2 of Indian Partnership Act, 1932