Indian Partnership Act, 1932 · Chapter V: Incoming and Outgoing Partners
Section 31: Introduction of a partner
(1) Subject to contract between the partners and to the provisions of section 30, no person shall be introduced as a partner into a firm without the consent of all the existing partners.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 30, a person who is introduced as a partner into a firm does not thereby become liable for any act of the firm done before he became a partner.
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