Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Accountancy

Chapter

Accounting for Partnership

Question:
Maximum number of partners for a partnership firm are prescribed in which of the following Act ?
Options:
Partnership Act 1931
Companies Act 2013
Contract Act 1872
None of the above
Correct Answer:
Companies Act 2013
Explanation:
By virtue of Section 464 of the Companies Act 2013, the Central Government is empowered to prescribe maximum number of partners in a firm but the number of partners cannot be more than 100. The Central government has prescribed the maximum number of partners in a firm to be 50.