Section 17: Change of name
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17. Change of name
(1) Subject to this section and the partnership agreement, a limited partnership may change its name at any time.
(2) Where a limited partnership changes its name, it shall, within 21 days
of the change, notify the Registrar, in writing, of the change.
(3) Where the new name does not comply with the requirements set out
in sections 15 (1), (3) and (4) and 16 (2), the Registrar shall not register the
limited partnership under that new name.
(4) Upon notification of a change of name under subsection (2), the Registrar shall—
(a) record the change of name of the limited partnership;
(b) issue a new certificate of registration with the new name of the
limited partnership; and
(c) require the limited partnership to cause a notice of the change to
be published in such manner as the Registrar may direct.
(5) Where the Registrar is satisfied that a limited partnership should not
have been registered under a name, the Registrar may serve written notice
on the limited partnership to initiate procedures to change its name by a date
specified in the notice, being a date not less than 28 days after the date on
which the notice is served.
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(6) Where the limited partnership does not change its name within the
period specified in the notice referred to in subsection (5), the Registrar may
register the limited partnership under a new name chosen by him, being a
name under which it may be registered under this Part.
(7) Where the Registrar registers the limited partnership under a new
name under subsection (6), he shall record the new name on the certificate
of registration of the limited partnership and sections 15 (1), (3) and (4)
and 16 (2) shall apply in relation to the registration of the new name as if the
name of the limited partnership had been changed under those provisions.
(8) A change of name shall not affect any right or obligation of the limited partnership or render defective any legal proceedings by or against it,
and any legal proceedings that have been continued or commenced against
it, under its former name, may be continued or commenced against it under
its new name.
(9) A change of name shall not take effect before a new certificate of registration is issued in the new name of the limited partnership by the Registrar.