Section 21: Register of Limited Partnerships

21. Register of Limited Partnerships (1) The Registrar shall establish and maintain a Register of Limited Partnerships, which shall contain a record of every limited partnership registered under this Act and all documents filed in relation to such limited partnership. (2) The Register may be kept in such manner as the Registrar thinks fit, including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility— (a) that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and (b) that 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 partnership; (b) the address of the registered office of the limited 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 partnership; (f) the duration for which the limited partnership is to exist and the date of commencement of that duration, or if the limited partnership is for unlimited duration, a statement to that effect; and (g) such other information as may be required by the Registrar. (4) Subject to the other provisions of 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 partnership; (ii) a copy of, or extract from, a document in any other register; (iii) the particulars of any document that have been registered and recorded in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2); or [Issue 4] L15A – 14 Revised Laws of Mauritius (iv) a copy of, or extract from, a registered document, the particulars of which have been entered in any such device or facility. (5) On an application made under subsection (4) and on payment of the appropriate fee, the Registrar shall issue the document, particulars or copy or certified copy applied for. (6) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Registrar shall not produce in any proceedings— (a) a document kept by the Registrar; or (b) evidence of the record of particulars or a document in any device or facility referred to in subsection (2), and the Court shall not issue such an order unless it is satisfied that the evidence is necessary for the purposes 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) Subject to the partnership agreement, in respect of limited partnerships holding a Global Business Licence or having at least one partner holding a Global Business Licence, the Register may only be inspected by an officer, managemen ified 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) Subject to the partnership agreement, in respect of limited partnerships holding a Global Business Licence or having at least one partner holding a Global Business Licence, the Register may only be inspected by an officer, management company or registered agent of that limited partnership. (10) Notwithstanding subsection (9), a person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, request the Registrar to provide, in relation to a limited partnership holding a Global Business Licence— (a) the name of the limited partnership and the address of its registered office; and (b) the name and address of any management company or registered agent appointed by the limited partnership, as the case may be, recorded on any register kept by the Registrar. (11) A Ministry or Government department shall be exempt from the payment of the prescribed fee required under subsection (10). [S. 21 amended by s. 15 (b) of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.]