Effect of non-registration.
No suit to enforce a right arising from a contract or conferred by this Act shall be instituted in any court by or on behalf of any person suing as a partner in a firm against the firm or any person alleged to be or to have been a partner in the firm unless the firm is registered and the person suing is or has been shown in the Register of Firms as a partner in the firm.
No suit to enforce a right arising from a contract shall be instituted in any Court by or on behalf of a firm against any third party unless the firm is registered and the persons suing are or have been shown in the Register of Firms as partners in the firm.
The provisions of sub-sections 1 and 2 shall apply also to a claim of set-off or other proceeding to enforce a right arising from a contract, but shall not affect, a the enforcement of any right to sue for the dissolution of a firm or for accounts of a dissolved firm, or any right or power to realise the property of a dissolved firm, or b the powers of an official assignee, receiver or Court under the Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 3 of 1909 or the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 5 of 1920 to realise the property of an insolvent partner.
a the enforcement of any right to sue for the dissolution of a firm or for accounts of a dissolved firm, or any right or power to realise the property of a dissolved firm, or
b the powers of an official assignee, receiver or Court under the Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 3 of 1909 or the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 5 of 1920 to realise the property of an insolvent partner.
This section shall not apply, a to firms or to partners in firms which have no place of business in the territories to which this Act extends, or whose places of business in the said territories, are situated in areas to which, by notification under section 56, this Chapter does not apply, or b to any suit or claim of set-off not exceeding one hundred rupees in value which, in the Presidency-towns, is not of a kind specified in section 19 of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 5 of 1882 , or, outside the Presidency-towns, is not of a kind specified in the Second Schedule to the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 9 of 1887 , or to any proceeding in execution or other proceeding incidental to or arising from any such suit or claim. State Amendments Maharashtra 1 In section 69, a in sub-section 1 , insert the following proviso, namely Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of the firm or to realise the property of the firm. b after sub-section 2 , insert the following sub-section, namely 2A No suit to enforce any right for the dissolution of a firm or for accounts of a dissolved firm or any right or power to realise the property of a dissolved firm shall be instituted in any court by or on behalf of any person suing as a partner in a firm against the firm or any person alleged to be or to have been a partner in the firm, unless the firm is registered and the person suing is or has been shown in the Register of Firms as a partner in the firm Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of a dissolved firm or to realise the property of a dissolved firm. c in sub-section 3 , i for the words, brackets and figures sub-sections 1 and 2 , substitute the words, brackets, figures and letter sub-sections 1 , 2 and 2A ii for clause a , substitute the following clause, namely a the firms constituted for a duration up to six months or with a capital up to two thousand rupees or. Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, sec. 13 w.e.f. 1-1-1985 .
a to firms or to partners in firms which have no place of business in the territories to which this Act extends, or whose places of business in the said territories, are situated in areas to which, by notification under section 56, this Chapter does not apply, or
b to any suit or claim of set-off not exceeding one hundred rupees in value which, in the Presidency-towns, is not of a kind specified in section 19 of the Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882 5 of 1882 , or, outside the Presidency-towns, is not of a kind specified in the Second Schedule to the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887 9 of 1887 , or to any proceeding in execution or other proceeding incidental to or arising from any such suit or claim. State Amendments Maharashtra 1 In section 69, a in sub-section 1 , insert the following proviso, namely Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of the firm or to realise the property of the firm. b after sub-section 2 , insert the following sub-section, namely 2A No suit to enforce any right for the dissolution of a firm or for accounts of a dissolved firm or any right or power to realise the property of a dissolved firm shall be instituted in any court by or on behalf of any person suing as a partner in a firm against the firm or any person alleged to be or to have been a partner in the firm, unless the firm is registered and the person suing is or has been shown in the Register of Firms as a partner in the firm Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of a dissolved firm or to realise the property of a dissolved firm. c in sub-section 3 , i for the words, brackets and figures sub-sections 1 and 2 , substitute the words, brackets, figures and letter sub-sections 1 , 2 and 2A ii for clause a , substitute the following clause, namely a the firms constituted for a duration up to six months or with a capital up to two thousand rupees or. Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, sec. 13 w.e.f. 1-1-1985 .
Maharashtra 1 In section 69, a in sub-section 1 , insert the following proviso, namely Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of the firm or to realise the property of the firm. b after sub-section 2 , insert the following sub-section, namely 2A No suit to enforce any right for the dissolution of a firm or for accounts of a dissolved firm or any right or power to realise the property of a dissolved firm shall be instituted in any court by or on behalf of any person suing as a partner in a firm against the firm or any person alleged to be or to have been a partner in the firm, unless the firm is registered and the person suing is or has been shown in the Register of Firms as a partner in the firm Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of a dissolved firm or to realise the property of a dissolved firm. c in sub-section 3 , i for the words, brackets and figures sub-sections 1 and 2 , substitute the words, brackets, figures and letter sub-sections 1 , 2 and 2A ii for clause a , substitute the following clause, namely a the firms constituted for a duration up to six months or with a capital up to two thousand rupees or. Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, sec. 13 w.e.f. 1-1-1985 .
a in sub-section 1 , insert the following proviso, namely Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of the firm or to realise the property of the firm.
b after sub-section 2 , insert the following sub-section, namely 2A No suit to enforce any right for the dissolution of a firm or for accounts of a dissolved firm or any right or power to realise the property of a dissolved firm shall be instituted in any court by or on behalf of any person suing as a partner in a firm against the firm or any person alleged to be or to have been a partner in the firm, unless the firm is registered and the person suing is or has been shown in the Register of Firms as a partner in the firm Provided that the requirement of registration of firm under this sub-section shall not apply to the suits or proceedings instituted by the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased partner of a firm for accounts of a dissolved firm or to realise the property of a dissolved firm.
c in sub-section 3 , i for the words, brackets and figures sub-sections 1 and 2 , substitute the words, brackets, figures and letter sub-sections 1 , 2 and 2A ii for clause a , substitute the following clause, namely a the firms constituted for a duration up to six months or with a capital up to two thousand rupees or. Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, sec. 13 w.e.f. 1-1-1985 .
After section 69, insert the following section, namely 69A. Penalty for contravention of section 60, 61, 62 or 63.If any statement, intimation or notice under section 60, 61, 62 or 63 in respect of any registered firm is not sent or given to the Registrar, within the period specified in that section, the Registrar may, after giving notice to the partners of the firm and after giving them a reasonable opportunity of being heard, refuse to make the suitable amendments in the records relating to the firm, until the partners of the firm pay such penalty, not exceeding ten rupees per day, as the Registrar may determine in respect of the period between the date of expiry of the period specified in sections 60, 61, 62 or as the case may be 63 and the date of making the amendments in the entries relating to the firm. Vide Maharashtra Act 29 of 1984, sec. 14 w.e.f. 1-1-1985 .