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“ It shall not be an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any request made by the Registrar or an inspector, or to resist or obstruct the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of any of his duties under this Act, if the Registrar or inspector fails to declare his office and to produce his authority in writing. ”

“ The Registrar or any inspector shall, for the purposes of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are being complied with, have power at all reasonable times to enter any premises at which he has reason to believe any person is carrying on business as a limited partnership and to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary for those purposes. ”

“ An individual or a corporation may be a general partner or a limited partner.
Law as to private partnerships to apply unless excluded by this Act
4.— (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Partnership Act (Cap. 391) and the rules of equity and of common law applicable to partnerships (except so far as they are inconsistent with the express provisions of the Partnership Act) shall apply to limited partnerships.
(2) In subsection (1) , the reference to partnerships shall not include limited liability partnerships.
Default rules on relationship of partners
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“ Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Registrar to register a limited partnership of which he is to be a partner may, within 30 days of the date of the refusal, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final. ”

“ The Registrar may, in any particular case, require the statements, declarations or particulars referred to in subsection (1) , (2) or (3) to be verified in such manner as the Registrar considers fit.
(5) The High Court may, on the application of any person alleged or claiming to be a partner, direct the rectification of the register and decide any question arising under this section.
(6) In this section, “identification” means—
(a) in the case of any person issued with an identity card under the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) , the number of his identity card ”

“ If any action or proceedings shall be commenced by any other party against the defaulter referred to in subsection (1) to enforce the rights of a party in respect of that contract, this section shall not preclude the defaulter from enforcing in that action or proceedings, by way of counterclaim, set-off or otherwise, such rights as he may have against that party in respect of that contract. ”

“ Commencing or instructing any person to commence or continue or defend any legal proceedings on behalf of the limited partnership, if any one or more of the general partners with the authority to do so have, without good cause, refused or failed to commence, continue or defend any such proceedings. ”

“ This Act may be cited as the Limited Partnerships Act 2008 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2.— (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“agreed contribution”, in relation to a limited partner, means any contribution (whether in the form of cash, property, services or otherwise) that the limited partner has agreed to make to the firm in his capacity as a partner ”