Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Accountancy Part A

Chapter

Accounting for Partnership

Question:

Which Act empowers the Central Government to prescribe a maximum number of partners in a partnership firm :-

Options:

The Companies Act 2014

The Partnership Act 2013

The Companies Act 2013

The Partnership Act 1932

Correct Answer:

The Companies Act 2013

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → The Companies Act 2013

" In order to form partnership, there should be at least two persons coming together for a common goal. In other words, the minimum number of partners in a firm can be two. There is however, a limit on their maximum number. 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 can not be more than 100. The Central government has prescribed the maximum number of partness in a firm to be 50."