Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008

Section - 17 - Rectification of name of limited liability partnership

[Rectification of name of limited liability partnership.

17 . (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 15 and 16, if through inadvertence or otherwise, a limited liability partnership, on its first registration or on its registration by a new name, is registered by a name which is identical with or too nearly resembles to-

(a)-that of any other limited liability partnership or a company; or
(b)-a registered trade mark of a proprietor under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999),
as is likely to be mistaken for it, then on an application of such limited liability partnership or proprietor referred to in clauses (a) and (b) respectively or a company, the Central Government may direct that such limited liability partnership to change its name or new name within a period of three months from the date of issue of such direction:

Provided that an application of the proprietor of the registered trade marks shall be maintainable within a period of three years from the date of incorporation or registration or change of name of the limited liability partnership under this Act.

(2) Where a limited liability partnership changes its name or obtains a new name under sub-section (1), it shall w .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store