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LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS ACT 2016 - SECT 6

6 .         Application of Partnership Act to limited partnership

        (1)         Subject to subsection (4) and any express provision of this Act, the Partnership Act (other than sections 10 to 12) applies to a limited partnership with the modifications set out in this section.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), these provisions of the Partnership Act apply as follows —

            (a)         section 22(1) does not apply to an admission or representation made by a limited partner;

            (b)         section 23 does not apply to notice given to a limited partner;

            (c)         section 26 does not apply to an act of a limited partner;

            (d)         section 27 does not apply to a limited partner.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (1), the Partnership Act is to be read as if —

            (a)         a reference in that Act to a partnership or a firm were a reference to a limited partnership as defined in section 3; and

            (b)         subject to paragraph (e), a reference in that Act to a partner were a reference to a partner as defined in section 3; and

            (c)         a reference in that Act to a firm-name were a reference to a firm name as defined in section 3; and

            (d)         a reference in section 16 or 24(2) of that Act to debts and obligations were a reference to liability as defined in section 3; and

            (e)         a reference in section 21(1) or 24(1) of that Act to a partner were a reference to a general partner as defined in section 3.

        (4)         If a provision of this Act relating to a limited partnership is inconsistent with a provision of the Partnership Act —

            (a)         the provision of this Act prevails; and

            (b)         the other provision does not, to the extent of the inconsistency, have effect in relation to a limited partnership.



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