Indian Partnership Act, 1958
Section 1
Short title, extent, and commencement
Section 2
Definitions
Section 3
Application of provisions of the Act
Section 4
Definition of partnership, partner, firm, and firm name
Section 5
Partnership not created by status
Section 6
Mode of determining the existence of partnership
Section 7
Partnership at will
Section 8
Particular partnership
Section 9
General duties of partners
Section 10
Duty to indemnify for loss caused by fraud
Section 11
Determination of rights and duties of partners by contract between the partners
Section 12
The conduct of the business
Section 13
Mutual rights and liabilities
Section 14
The property of the firm
Section 15
Application of the property of the firm
Section 16
Personal profits earned by partners
Section 17
Rights and duties of partners after a change in the firm
Section 18
Partner as agent of the firm
Section 19
Implied authority of the partner
Section 20
Extension and restriction of partner’s implied authority
Section 21
Partner’s authority in an emergency
Section 22
Mode of doing an act to bind the firm
Section 23
Effect of admissions by a partner
Section 24
Effect of notice to acting partner
Section 25
Liability of a partner for acts of the firm
Section 26
Liability of the firm for wrongful acts of a partner
Section 27
Liability of the firm for misapplication by partners
Section 28
Holding out
Section 29
Rights of transferee of a partner’s interest
Section 30
Minors admitted to the benefits of partnership
Section 31
Introduction of a partner
Section 32
Retirement of a partner
Section 33
Expulsion of a partner
Section 34
Insolvency of a partner
Section 35
Liability of the estate of a deceased partner
Section 36
Rights of outgoing partner to carry on competing business
Section 37
Right of outgoing partner in certain cases to share subsequent profits
Section 38
Revocation of continuing guarantee by a change in the firm
Section 39
Dissolution of a firm
Section 40
Dissolution by agreement
Section 41
Compulsory dissolution
Section 42
Dissolution on the happening of certain contingencies
Section 43
Dissolution by notice of partnership at will
Section 44
Dissolution by the court
Section 45
Liability for acts of partners done after dissolution
Section 46
Right of partners to have business wound up after dissolution
Section 47
Continuing authority of partners for purposes of winding up
Section 48
Mode of settlement of accounts between partners
Section 49
Payment of firm’s debts and separate debts
Section 50
Personal profits earned after dissolution
Section 51
Return of premium on premature dissolution
Section 52
Rights where partnership contract is rescinded for fraud or misrepresentation
Section 53
Right to restrain from use of firm name or property
Section 54
Agreements in restraint of trade
Section 55
Sale of goodwill after dissolution
Section 56
Power to exempt from registration
Section 57
Appointment of Registrars
Section 58
Application for registration
Section 59
Certificate of registration
Section 60
Recording of alterations in firm name and principal place of business
Section 61
Noting of closing and opening of branches
Section 62
Noting of changes in names and addresses of partners
Section 63
Recording of changes in and dissolution of a firm
Section 64
Rectification of mistakes
Section 65
Amendment of Register by order of court
Section 66
Inspection of Register and filed documents
Section 67
Grant of copies
Section 68
Rules of evidence
Section 69
Effect of non-registration
Section 70
Penalty for furnishing false particulars
Section 71
Power to make rules
Section 72
Mode of giving public notice
Section 73
Savings
Section 74
Repeals