Every LLP shall be required to have at least two designated partners who shall be individuals and at least one of the designated partner shall be a resident of India.
In case of a LLP in which all the partners are bodies corporate or in which one or more partners are individuals and bodies corporate, at least two individuals who are partners of such LLP or nominees of such bodies corporate shall act as designated partners.
However following shall be consider as disqualification to appoint as Designated Partner:
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Who has at any time within the preceding five years been adjudged insolvent; or
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Who suspends, or has at any time within the preceding five years suspended payment to his creditors and has not at any time within the preceding five years made, a composition with them; or
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Who has been convicted by a Court for any offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than six months; or
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Who has been convicted by a Court for an offence involving section 30 of the Act.