Indian Partnership Act, 1932
Indian Partnership Act, 1932
CHAPTER III — RELATIONS OF PARTNERS TO ONE ANOTHER · Section 16

Personal profits earned by partners

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

Subject to contract between the partners,—

(a) if a partner derives any profits for himself from any transaction of the firm, or from the use of the property or business connection of the firm or the firm name, he shall account for that profit and pay it to the firm;

(b) if a partner carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm, he shall account for and pay to the firm all profits made by him in that business.

Judgments on Section 16