Chapter DMBM530150

Published date29 April 2016
Record NumberDMBM530150

Limited partnerships, constituted under The Limited Partnership Act 1907, consist of general partners and limited partners.

General partners are liable for partnership debts.

Limited partners are liable only to the extent of the amount they invest on the partnership. Section 4(2) of the Act provides:

“A limited partnership shall not consist of more than twenty persons, and must consist of one or more persons called general partners, who shall be liable for all debts and obligations of the firm, and one or more persons to be called limited partners, who shall at the time of entering into such partnership contribute thereto a sum or sums as capital or property valued at a stated amount, and shall not be liable for the debts and obligations of the firm beyond the amount so contributed.”

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