LLP Act Professional Corpus — Publication Index

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Use the master as a mandatory intake and closing checklist, not as background reading.

Authority, consent and execution controls

Evidence the competent decision-maker, delegated authority, conflicts, signatory identity and professional certification.

Stamp duty and registration alerts

Evidence and document-retention checklist

• Current statutory source and amendment log
• Stamped LLP agreement and every amendment
• Partner/designated-partner consent and KYC
• Authority/reserved-matters matrix
• Signed forms and attachments
• SRN, challan and acknowledgement
• Books, bank and tax/GST reconciliation
• Contracts, invoices, delivery and acceptance
• Notices and proof of service
• Valuation/title/security documents
• Legal opinions, orders and appeal records
• Exception, correction and mitigation log

Preserve source instruments, legal research, signed approvals, filings, financial records, notices, delivery proof and final orders.

Performance, delivery and payment controls

Set measurable owners, milestones, maker-checker controls and exception escalation.

Breach, loss, mitigation and remedy framework

Contain loss, preserve evidence, correct public records, assess remedies/penalties and document mitigation.

Limitation and forum controls

Create a matter-specific limitation and forum note at the first notice of dispute or default.

Arbitration and mediation interface

Separate contractual ADR from non-derogable statutory jurisdiction and public-law remedies.

Company, partnership, GST and tax overlays

Apply corporate, partnership, contract, stamp, registration, tax, GST, FEMA, IBC, employment, DPDP and sector-law overlays.

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1. Chapter I — Preliminary — Identify the governing definitions, current territorial scope and commencement instruments before applying any operational provision.
2. Chapter II — Nature of Limited Liability Partnership — Establish separate legal personality, partner eligibility, minimum-partner continuity and designated-partner accountability.
3. Chapter III — Incorporation, Name and Registered Office — Control formation, name clearance, incorporation evidence, registered-office service and public identity disclosures.
4. Chapter IV — Partners and Their Relations — Translate the LLP agreement into enforceable governance, admission, exit, contribution, profit-sharing and filing controls.
5. Chapter V — Liability, Holding Out, Fraud and Whistleblowing — Separate LLP obligations from partner exposure, test actual/apparent authority, and apply the fraud and whistleblower exceptions.
6. Chapter VI — Contributions — Document cash, property, services and other contributions with valuation, vesting, accounting and enforcement evidence.
7. Chapter VII — Accounts, Audit, Annual Return and Registrar Powers — Build a closed-loop accounting, solvency, audit, annual-return, inspection and regulatory-response system.
8. Chapter VIII — Assignment and Transfer of Partnership Rights — Distinguish transfer of economic rights from admission, management authority and partner status.
9. Chapter IX — Investigation — Prepare for compulsory information production, preservation, related-entity review, seizure, reporting and downstream proceedings.
10. Chapter X — Conversion into LLP — Run eligibility, continuity, vesting, creditor, tax, stamp, licence, employee and post-conversion disclosure checks before filing.
11. Chapter XI — Foreign LLPs — Control Indian place-of-business registration, authorised representation, document authentication, FEMA, tax and operational filings.
12. Chapter XII — Compromise, Arrangement and Reconstruction — Map creditor/partner classes, Tribunal process, valuation, disclosure, voting, implementation and post-order filings.
13. Chapter XIII — Winding Up and Dissolution — Identify voluntary/Tribunal routes, insolvency overlap, asset/liability controls, stakeholder notices, records and dissolution effects.
14. Chapter XIV — Miscellaneous, Enforcement and Adjudication — Integrate filing, additional fee, adjudication, court/Tribunal forum, strike-off, officer liability and rule-making controls.
15. First Schedule — Default Mutual Rights and Duties — Applies where the LLP agreement does not otherwise provide; it governs equal sharing, indemnity, management participation, decision-making, information and competition/accounting consequences.
16. Second Schedule — Firm to LLP Conversion — Sets eligibility, statement, registration and effect-of-conversion controls for a firm converting into an LLP.
17. Third Schedule — Private Company to LLP Conversion — Controls conversion of an eligible private company, including shareholder-to-partner continuity and statutory vesting.
18. Fourth Schedule — Unlisted Public Company to LLP Conversion — Controls conversion of an eligible unlisted public company and the required continuity, filing and vesting framework.
19. LLP Rules, 2009 — Consolidated Architecture and Act Concordance — Rule-by-rule architecture for formation, designated partners, names, office, agreement, contribution, accounts, annual filings, foreign LLPs, conversion, e-filing, inspection and fees.
20. Formation, Name, Registered Office and Incorporation Forms — Operational concordance for RUN-LLP/name reservation, FiLLiP/incorporation, registered office, name rectification/change, publication and certificate controls.
21. Partners, LLP Agreement, Contribution and Register Controls — Rules/forms for designated partners, admission/cessation, Form 3/4 changes, contribution valuation and the 2023 partner/register framework.
22. Books, Audit, Form 8, Form 11 and Annual Compliance — Rule 24 and linked filing controls, accounting records, solvency, audit applicability, annual return, inspection and certifications.
23. Foreign LLP and Conversion Rules — Rules/forms for foreign LLP establishment and conversion from firm/private company/unlisted public company, with vesting and post-conversion controls.
24. Winding Up, Dissolution, Insolvency Interface and Strike-Off — 2012 Winding Up and Dissolution Rules, section 75/rule 37 strike-off, CPACE routing and IBC/Tribunal interfaces.
25. Electronic Filing, Fees, Registrar, Adjudication and Appeals — DSC/authentication, SRN/challan evidence, additional fees, registration offices, civil-penalty adjudication and appeal control.
26. LLP (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023 — Register of partners, beneficial-interest declarations and related forms/control changes under G.S.R. 803(E).
27. LLP (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2023 — Identification, notice, declaration, register, reporting and restriction framework under G.S.R. 832(E).
28. LLP (Amendment) Rules, 2024 — CPACE and Rule 37 — Current strike-off processing and Centralised Processing Centre for Accelerated Corporate Exit control under the 2024 amendment.
29. Rules, Notifications, Circulars and Amendment Master — Chronological source register and current-law reconciliation controls.
30. LLP Forms, Filing and Evidence Master — Form-by-form purpose, prerequisite, authority, attachments, evidence and reconciliation controls.
31. Stamp Duty and Registration — State Interface — State-specific stamp duty, agreement execution, conversion/property instruments and registration risk controls.
32. Income-tax, GST, FEMA, IBC and Companies Act Overlays — Cross-law issues for incorporation, contribution, remuneration, conversion, transactions, foreign partners and distress.
33. Compliance Calendar and Document-Retention Master — Event-based and recurring controls, owners, evidence, retention and escalation.
34. Case Law, Forum, Arbitration and Mediation Interface — Forum selection, arbitrability, statutory jurisdiction, limitation and judgment-research protocol.
35. LLP Transaction and Due-Diligence Playbook — Formation, funding, admission/exit, asset purchase, borrowing, conversion, restructuring and closure checklists.

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