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Incorporation of Limited Liability Partnership

According to section 11 (1) of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, for a limited liability partnership to be incorporated—

• two or more persons associated for carrying on a lawful business with a view to profit shall subscribe their names to an incorporation document;
• the incorporation document shall be filed in such manner and with such fees, as may be prescribed with the registrar of the state in which the registered office of the limited liability partnership is to be situated; and
• a statement in the prescribed form shall be filed along with the incorporation document, made by either an advocate, or a Company Secretary or a Chartered Accountant or a Cost Accountant, who is engaged in the formation of the limited liability partnership and by any one who subscribed his name to the incorporation document, that all the requirements of this Act and the rules made thereunder have been complied with, in respect of incorporation and matters precedent and incidental thereto.

2. The incorporation document shall— .

• be in form 2 as per rule 11.
• state the name of the limited liability partnership;
• state the proposed business of the limited liability partnership;
• state the address of the registered office of the limited liability partnership;
• state the name and address of each of the persons who are to be partners of the limited liability partnership on incorporation;
• state the name and address of the persons who are to be designated partners of the limited liability partnership on incorporation;
• contain such other information concerning the proposed limited liability partnership as may be prescribed.

3. If a person makes a statement under clause (c) of Sub-Section (1) which he— 

• knows to be false; or
• does not believe to be true,

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and with fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to five lakh rupees.

Subject to prior compliance with the requirements of section 11(1) of the Act, section 12(1) mandates the Registrar to register the incorporation document and issue a certificate of incorporation within 14 days. The certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence that the limited liability partnership is incorporated by the name specified in the incorporation document.

Registered Office of LLP

Every limited liability partnership shall have a registered office to which all communications and notices may be addressed and where they shall be received. [(Section 13(1)]

Rule 17 (1) of the Limited Liability Partnership Rules, 2009 provides that the limited liability partnership may change its registered office from one place to another by following the procedure as laid down in the limited liability partnership agreement. Where the limited liability partnership agreement does not provide for such procedure, consent of all partners shall be required for changing the place of registered office of limited liability partnership to another place:

Provided that where the change in place of registered office is from one state to another state, the limited liability partnership having secured creditors shall also obtain consent of such secured creditors.

Name of LLP

According to section 15(1), every limited liability partnership shall have either the words “limited liability partnership” or the acronym “LLP” as the last words of its name. Section 15 (2) prohibits registration of a LLP with a name that is either undesirable in the opinion of the Central Government or that is identical with or that which too nearly resembles to the name of any existing partnership firm or a LLP or a body corporate or a trade mark registered or pending registration under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.

Rule 18 (1) of the LLP Rules, 2009 provides that the name of the limited liability partnership shall not be one prohibited under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. Further, Rule 20 (1) provides that the limited liability partnership may change its name by following the procedure as laid down in the limited liability partnership agreement. Where the limited liability partnership agreement does not provide such procedure, consent of all partners shall be required for changing the name of the limited liability partnership.