Designated partner” in reference to Limited Liability Partnership means any partner designated as such pursuant to section 7 of Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008. 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. In case if no partner is designated as such, or if at any time there is only one designated partner, each partner shall be deemed to be a designated partner of the LLP.
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.
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An individual cannot 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 and he is also required to obtain a Director Identification Number.
The role of Designated Partners in case of LLP is on same footage as of Directors in case of Company. The Designated Partners as provided under Section 8 are directly responsible for the compliances of all provisions provided under LLP Act, 2008 and the provisions specified in the LLP Agreement.
Rights of Designated Partner are same as of other Partners. Alike other partners they are not entitled to any remuneration for their participation in management of LLP unless otherwise specifically provided in the LLP Agreement they , yet they have additional responsibilities to comply with.
A designated partner shall be Responsible for the doing of all acts, matters and things as are required to be done by the limited liability partnership in respect of compliance of the provisions of this Act including filing of any document, return, statement and the like report pursuant to the provisions of this Act and as may be specified in the limited liability partnership agreement; and liable to all penalties imposed on the limited liability partnership for any contravention of those provisions.
A Designated partner can be added in an existing LLP by modifying its LLP Agreement and filing necessary forms with the Registrar of Companies.
Change objects of your business Alteration of Memorandum of Association due to change in Object Clause Change in Object clause of the Company involves alteration of Memorandum of Association (hereinafter referred to as “Memorandum”) of the Company. Main provisions related to alteration of Memorandum are given in Section 13 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014.
For alteration of any of the clauses of Memorandum, consent of members by way of Special Resolution is required. However, in case of alteration of capital clause, consent of members by way of Ordinary Resolution as stated in section 61 is required.
ROC Form filing: As per section 13(6), Company is required to file Special Resolution passed by shareholders for alteration of Memorandum with concerned Registrar of Companies. Hence, file form MGT.14 within 30 days of passing of Special Resolution with the concerned Registrar of Companies, with prescribed fees and along with following attachments: Notice of EGM; Certified True copy of Special Resolution; Altered Memorandum of Association; Certified True copy of Board Resolution may be attached as an optional attachment.