Indian Partnership Act, 1932
(1) The [State Government] [may by notification in the Official Gazette make rules] prescribing the fees which shall accompany documents sent to the Registrar of Firms, or which shall be payable for the inspection of documents in the custody of the Registrar of Firms, or for copies from the Register of Firms: Provided that such fees shall not exceed the maximum fees specified in Schedule I. (2) The State Government may [also] make rules— (a) prescribing the form of statement submitted under section 58, and of the verification thereof; (b) requiring statements, intimations and notices under sections 60, 61, 62 and 63 to be in prescribed form,and prescribing the form thereof; (c) prescribing the form of the Register of Firms, and the mode in which entries relating to firms are to be made therein, and the mode in which such entries are to be amended or notes made therein; (d) regulating the procedure of the Registrar when disputes arise; (e) regulating the filing of documents received by the Registrar; (f) prescribing conditions for the inspection of original documents; (g) regulating the grant of copies; (h) regulating the elimination of registers and documents; (i) providing for the maintenance and form of an index to the Register of Firms; and (j) generally, to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. (3) All rules made under this section shall be subject to the condition of previous publication. [ (4) Every rule made by the State Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as it is made, before the State Legislature.] STATE AMENDMENT Amendment of section 71 of Act IX of 1932.— (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— “ (1) Subject to the provisions of section 70A, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules prescribing the fees which shall accompany documents sent to the Registrar or which shall be paid in respect of any intimation, notice or application given to the Registrar or which shall be payable for the inspection of documents in the custody of the Registrar or for copies from the Register of Firms or which shall be paid for supply of any prescribed forms.” (b) in sub-section (2),— (i) in clause (a), for the words and figures “under section 58” the words, brackets and figures “under sub-section (1) of section 58” shall be substituted ; (ii) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :— “(aa) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted namely :— (c) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted namely :— “ (4) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any medication in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify such decision in the Official Gazette, the rule shall, from the date of publication of such decision, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case ,may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done of omitted to be done in pursuance of that rule” [Vide Maharashtra Act 296 of 1984, s. 17]