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New York Consolidated Laws, Partnership Law - PTR § 98. Rights, powers and liabilities of a general partner

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(1) A general partner shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners, except that without the written consent or ratification of the specific act by all the limited partners, a general partner or all of the general partners have no authority to

(a) Do any act in contravention of the certificate.

(b) Do any act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the partnership.

(c) Confess a judgment against the partnership.

(d) Possess partnership property, or assign their rights in specific partnership property, for other than a partnership purpose.

(e) Admit a person as a general partner.

(f) Admit a person as a limited partner, unless the right so to do is given in the certificate.

(g) Continue the business with partnership property on the death, retirement or insanity of a general partner, unless the right so to do is given in the certificate.

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