Reservation of name
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Applying for a Name Reservation:
- You can apply to the Registrar to reserve a name for your proposed limited liability partnership (LLP) Registration or to change the name of your existing LLP.
- The application must be in the prescribed format and accompanied by the required fee.
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Registrar’s Approval:
- Once the Registrar receives your application and fee, they will review it.
- If the proposed name meets the Central Government’s rules and doesn’t violate any grounds mentioned in Section 15(2) of LLP Act, the Registrar will reserve the name.
- The reserved name will be held for three months from the date the Registrar informs you.
Legal text of Section 16 of The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
(1) A person may apply in such form and manner and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed to the Registrar for the reservation of a name set out in the application as
(a) the name of a proposed limited liability partnership; or
(b) the name to which a limited liability partnership proposes to change its name.
(2) Upon receipt of an application under sub-section (1) and on payment of the prescribed fee, the Registrar may, if he is satisfied, subject to the rules prescribed by the Central Government in the matter, that the name to be reserved is not one which may be rejected on any ground referred to in sub-section (2) of section 15, reserve the name for a period of three months from the date of intimation by the Registrar.