Application for direction to change name in certain circumstances.

1[18. (1) Any entity which already has a name similar to the name of a limited liability partnership which has been incorporated subsequently, may apply, in such manner as may be prescribed, to the Registrar to give a direction to any limited liability partnership, on a ground referred to in section 17 to change its name.

(2) The Registrar shall not consider any application under sub-section (1) to give a direction to a limited liability partnership on the  ground referred to in clause (b) of sub section (1) of section 17 unless the Registrar receives the application within twenty-four  months from the date of registration of the limited liability partnership under that name.]

 

 

Notes:-

1. Omitted by the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2021 dated 13.08.2021 w.e.f  01.04.2022.