Section 25: Register of limited liability partnerships

25. Register of limited liability partnerships (1) The Registrar shall keep and maintain a register of limited liability partnerships which shall contain a record of every limited liability partnership registered under this Act and all documents filed in relation to such limited liability partnership. [Issue 9] L15A1 – 14 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) The register may be kept in such manner as the Registrar may consider appropriate, including, wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility, that— (a) records or stores information electronically or by other means; and (b) permits the information recorded or stored to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form. (3) The register shall contain a record of— (a) the name of the limited liability partnership; (b) the address of the registered office of the limited liability partnership; (c) where a partner is a natural person, his full name and his respective assignee’s full name and their respective addresses; (d) where a partner is a body corporate or an unincorporated body, the address of its registered office or, if none, its principal place of business; (e) the date of registration of the limited liability partnership; (f) the duration for which the limited liability partnership is to exist and the date of commencement of that duration, or if the limited liability partnership is for an unlimited duration, a statement to that effect; and (g) such other information as the Registrar may require. (4) Subject to this section, any person may, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed— (a) inspect the register and request the Registrar to issue an extract from the register; (b) apply to the Registrar for— (i) a copy of the certificate of registration of a limited liability partnership; (ii) a copy of, or extract from, a document in any other register; (iii) the particulars of any document that has been registered and recorded in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2); or (iv) a copy of, or extract from, a registered document, the particulars of which have been entered in any such device or facility. (5) The Registrar shall, on an application made under subsection (4) and on payment of the appropriate fee, issue the document, particulars or copy or certified copy applied for. L15A1 – 15 [Issue 9] Limited Liability Partnerships Act (6) (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Registrar shall not produce in any proceedings— (i) a document kept by the Registrar; or (ii) evidence of the record of particulars or a document in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2). (b) The Court shall not issue an order under paragraph (a) unless it is satisfied that the evidence is necessary for the purpose of such proceedings. (7) A copy of or extract from a document in the Register— (a) that constitutes part of any register kept by the Registrar; or (b) particulars of which have been entered in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2), certified to be a true copy or extract by the Registrar, shall be admissible in evidence in legal proceedings to the same extent as the original document. (8) An extract certified by the Registrar as containing particulars of a document in the register that have been entered in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2) shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be conclusive evidence of the entry of those particulars. (9) The register may, in respect of a limited liability partnership holding a Category 1 Glob extract by the Registrar, shall be admissible in evidence in legal proceedings to the same extent as the original document. (8) An extract certified by the Registrar as containing particulars of a document in the register that have been entered in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2) shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be conclusive evidence of the entry of those particulars. (9) The register may, in respect of a limited liability partnership holding a Category 1 Global Business Licence or having at least one partner holding a Category 1 Global Business Licence, only be inspected by a partner, an officer of that limited liability partnership or the Commission. (10) Notwithstanding subsection (9), a person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, request the Registrar to provide, in relation to a limited liability partnership holding a Category 1 Global Business Licence— (a) the name of the limited liability partnership and the address of its registered office; and (b) the name and address of any management company appointed by the limited liability partnership, recorded on any register kept by the Registrar. (11) An appropriate authority shall be exempt from the payment of the prescribed fee required under subsection (10).