Explain the legal provisions regarding the eligibility of persons to become partners in a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) under the LLP Act, 2008. What are the consequences if LLP carries on business with less than the minimum number of partners as prescribed?
Part 1 – Refer Ans 1)i
Part 2 - Minimum number of partners (Section 6):
i) Every LLP shall have at least two partners.
ii) If at any time the number of partners of a LLP is reduced below two and the LLP carries on business for more than six months while the number is so reduced, the person, who is the only partner of the LLP during the time that it so carries on business after those six months and has the knowledge of the fact that it is carrying on business with him alone, shall be liable personally for the obligations of the LLP incurred during that period.
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