Indian Partnership Act, 1932
Indian Partnership Act, 1932
CHAPTER II — THE NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP · Section 4

Definition of “partnership”, “partner”, “firm” and “firm name”

Synced on 13 Aug 2026Text as per India Code

“Partnership” is the relation between persons who have agreed to share the profits of a business carried on by all or any of them acting for all. Persons who have entered into partnership with one another are called individually “partners” and collectively “a firm”, and the name under which their business is carried on is called the “firm name”.

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