Central · Act 9 of 1932

Section 21 — Partner’s authority in an emergency.

The Indian Partnership Act, 1932

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A Partner has authority, in an emergency, to do all such acts for the purpose of protecting the firm from loss as would be done by a person of ordinary prudence, in his own case, acting under similar circumstances, and such acts bind the firm.

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More sections of this actSection 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872.Section 4 · Definition of “partnership”, “partner”, “firm” and “firm name”.Section 5 · Partnership not created by status.Section 6 · Mode of determining existence of partnership.Section 7 · Partnership at will.Section 8 · Particular partnership.
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