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Form No. 1
Mutual Rights & Duties of Partners &
LLP in the absence of
any Agreement
The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009)
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[See Section 23(4)]
Provisions regarding matters relating to mutual rights and duties
of partners and limited liability partnership and its partners
applicable in the absence of any agreement on such matters
1. The mutual rights and duties of the partners and the mutual
rights and duties of the limited liability partnership and its partners shall
be determined, subject to the terms of any limited liability partnership
agreement or in the absence of any such agreement on any matter, by the
provisions in this Schedule.
2. All the partners of a limited liability partnership are entitled to share
equally in the capital, profits and losses of the limited liability partnership.
3. The limited liability partnership shall indemnify each partner in
respect of payments made and personal liabilities incurred by him
(a) in the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the
limited liability partnership; or
(b) in or about anything necessarily done for the preservation of
the business or property of the limited liability partnership.
4. Every partner shall indemnify the limited liability partnership for
any loss caused to it by his fraud in the conduct of the business of the
limited liability partnership.
5. Every partner may take part in the management of the limited li-
ability partnership.
6. No partner shall be entitled to remuneration for acting in the busi-
ness or management of the limited liability partnership.
7. No person may be introduced as a partner without the consent of
all the existing partners.
8. Any matter or issue relating to the limited liability partnership
shall be decided by a resolution passed by a majority in number of the
partners, and for this purpose, each partner shall have one vote. However,
no change may be made in the nature of business of the limited liability
partnership without the consent of all the partners.
9. Every limited liability partnership shall ensure that decisions taken
by it are recorded in the minutes within thirty days of taking such deci-
sions and are kept and maintained at the registered office of the limited
liability partnership.
10. Each partner shall render true accounts and full information of
all things affecting the limited liability partnership to any partner or his
legal representatives.
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11. If a partner, without the consent of the limited liability partner-
ship, carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with
the limited liability partnership, he must account for and pay over to the
limited liability partnership all profits made by him in that business.
12. Every partner shall account to the limited liability partnership for
any benefit derived by him without the consent of the limited liability part-
nership from any transaction concerning the limited liability partnership,
or from any use by him of the property, name or any business connection
of the limited liability partnership.
13. No majority of the partners can expel any partner unless a power
to do so has been conferred by express agreement between the partners.
14. All disputes between the partners arising out of the limited li-
ability partnership agreement which cannot be resolved in terms of such
agreement shall be referred for arbitration as per the provisions of the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996).
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Form No. 2
Conversion of Firm into
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009)
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[See Section 55]
Conversion from Firm into Limited Liability Partnership
1. Interpretation.In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise
requires,
(a) firm means a firm as defined in section 4 of the Indian Part-
nership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932);
(b) convert, in relation to a firm converting into a limited liability
partnership, means a transfer of the property, assets, interests,
rights, privileges, liabilities, obligations and the undertaking of
the firm to the limited liability partnership in accordance with
this Schedule.
2. Conversion from firm into limited liability partnership.(1) A
firm may convert into a limited liability partnership by complying with the
requirements as to the conversion set out in this Schedule.
(2) Upon such conversion, the partners of the firm shall be bound by the
provisions of this Schedule that are applicable to them.
3. Eligibility for conversion.A firm may apply to convert into a
limited liability partnership in accordance with this Schedule if and only
if the partners of the limited liability partnership into which the firm is
to be converted, comprise, all the partners of the firm and no one else.
CONVERSION OF FIRM INTO LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP (LLP)
