Partnership and Business Names Act (Dénominations sociales et les sociétés de personnes) — Canada — Yukon law | Esheria

Partnership and Business Names Act (Dénominations sociales et les sociétés de personnes)

This Part defines key partnership terms and sets basic rules for when a partner, the firm, or all partners are bound or liable.

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Jurisdiction
Canada — Yukon
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
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Language
en
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About this statute

This Part defines key partnership terms and sets basic rules for when a partner, the firm, or all partners are bound or liable. This part sets rules for partners’ conduct, ownership, notice, access to books, and how partnerships can end. This Part sets special rules for limited partnerships, including formation, registration, partner rights and liabilities, records, assignment, and dissolution. This part requires certain partnerships and business-name users in Yukon to file registrations or notices with the registrar, and it lets the registrar refuse non-compliant business names and reserve names on request. This Part sets conditions for LLP registration in Yukon, requires LLPs to use the registered name and stay within the registered profession, imposes notice and filing duties, limits partner liability in defined cases, restricts distributions, and creates offences for non-compliance.