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Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
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Official source checked as of 10 October 2026. Read the official Act.
Source note: Published subset, with sections 2, 31 and 72 under further source review
Chapter I - Preliminary
Chapter II - Nature of Limited Liability Partnership
- Section 3Limited liability partnership to be body corporate
- Section 4Non-applicability of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932
- Section 5Partners
- Section 6Minimum number of partners
- Section 7Designated partners
- Section 8Liabilities of designated partners
- Section 9Changes in designated partners
- Section 10Punishment for contravention of sections 7 and 9
Chapter III - Incorporation of Limited Liability Partnership and Matters Incidental Thereto
- Section 11Incorporation document
- Section 12Incorporation by registration
- Section 13Registered office of limited liability partnership and change therein
- Section 14Effect of registration
- Section 15Name
- Section 16Reservation of name
- Section 17Rectification of name of limited liability partnership
- Section 19Change of registered name
- Section 20Penalty for improper use of words limited liability partnership or LLP
- Section 21Publication of name and limited liability
Chapter IV - Partners and Their Relations
Chapter V - Extent and Limitation of Liability of Limited Liability Partnership and Partners
Chapter VI - Contribution
Chapter VII - Financial Disclosures
- Section 34Maintenance of books of account, other records and audit, etc.
- Section 34AAccounting and auditing standards
- Section 35Annual return
- Section 36Inspection of documents kept by Registrar
- Section 37Penalty for false statement
- Section 38Power of Registrar to obtain information
- Section 39Compounding of offences
- Section 40Destruction of old records
- Section 41Enforcement of duty to make returns, etc.
Chapter VIII - Assignment and Transfer of Partnership Rights
Chapter IX - Investigation
- Section 43Investigation of the affairs of limited liability partnership
- Section 44Application by partners for investigation
- Section 45Firm, body corporate or association not to be appointed as inspector
- Section 46Power of inspectors to carry out investigation into affairs of related entities, etc.
- Section 47Production of documents and evidence
- Section 48Seizure of documents by inspector
- Section 49Inspector's report
- Section 50Prosecution
- Section 51Application for winding up of limited liability partnership
- Section 52Proceedings for recovery of damages or property
- Section 53Expenses of investigation
- Section 54Inspector's report to be evidence
Chapter X - Conversion into Limited Liability Partnership
Chapter XI - Foreign Limited Liability Partnerships
Chapter XII - Compromise, Arrangement or Reconstruction of Limited Liability Partnerships
Chapter XIII - Winding Up and Dissolution
Chapter XIV - Miscellaneous
- Section 66Business transactions of partner with limited liability partnership
- Section 67Application of the provisions of the Companies Act
- Section 67AEstablishment of Special Courts
- Section 67BProcedure and powers of Special Court
- Section 67CAppeal and revision
- Section 68Electronic filing of documents
- Section 68ARegistration offices
- Section 69Payment of additional fee
- Section 70Enhanced punishment
- Section 71Application of other laws not barred
- Section 74General penalties
- Section 75Power of Registrar to strike defunct limited liability partnership off register
- Section 76Offences to limited liability partnerships
- Section 76AAdjudication of penalties
- Section 77Jurisdiction of Courts
- Section 77ACognizance of offences
- Section 78Power to alter Schedules
- Section 79Power to make rules
- Section 80Power to remove difficulties
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