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ORGANIZATION
Sole proprietorships
General partnerships
Limited liability partnerships
PARTNERSHIPS ACT
Liability of partners
(1) Each partner in a partnership has unlimited liability.
(2) To be a limited partnership, a partnership shall have
(a) one or more general partners, each with unlimited
liability; and
(b) one or more registered limited partners, each with
limited liability
GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS
7. The carrying on of partnership business
(1) Each partner in a partnership shall have responsibility for the business of
the partnership.
(2) A partnership shall be capable of
(a) suing and being sued in its own name;
(b) entering into contracts and owning or holding property for the purposes of
the business of the partnership; and
(e) subject to the partnership agreement, providing continuity for the
partnership business despite a change in the partners.
(3) Each partner shall be an agent of the partnership for the purpose of the
business of the partnership.
NAMES OF FIRMS