Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
Section 7 -
Designated Partners
1.
Every
limited liability partnership shall have at least two designated partners who
are individuals and at least one of them shall be a resident in India:
Provided that in case
of a limited liability partnership in which all the partners are bodies
corporate or in which one or more partners are individuals and bodies
corporate, at least two individuals who are partners of such limited liability
partnership or nominees of such bodies corporate shall act as designated partners.
Explanation.-- For
the purposes of this section, the term "resident in India" means a
person who has stayed in India for a period of not less than one hundred and
eighty-two days during the immediately preceding one year.
2.
Subject
to the provisions of sub-section (1),--
i.
if
the incorporation document--
a. specifies who are to
be designated partners, such persons shall be designated partners on
incorporation; or
b. states that each of
the partners from time to time of limited liability partnership is to be
designated partner, every such partner shall be a designated partner;
any
partner may become a designated partner by and in accordance with the limited
liability partnership agreement and a partner may cease to be a designated
partner in accordance with limited liability partnership agreement.
1.
2.
3.
An
individual shall not become a designated partner in any limited liability
partnership unless he has given his prior consent to act as such to the limited
liability partnership in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
4.
Every
limited liability partnership shall file with the registrar the particulars of
every individual who has given his consent to act as designated partner in such
form and manner as may be prescribed within thirty days of his appointment.
5.
An
individual eligible to be a designated partner shall satisfy such conditions
and requirements as may be prescribed.
6.
Every
designated partner of a limited liability partnership shall obtain a Designated
Partner Identification Number (DPIN) from the Central Government and the
provisions of sections 266A to 266G (both inclusive) of the Companies Act,
1956(1 of 1956) shall apply mutatis mutandis for the said purpose.