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(5.) Where a firm or family tong is registered as a re- gistered partner in a registered partnership and is itself also registered as a registerei partnership the liability of each of its registered partners or members shall be unlimited in res- pect of assets in his possession connected with the registered partnership in which his firm or tong is a registered part- ner; but his further liability shall be limited to such pro- portion of what would have been his total liability if his firm or tong had not itself been a registered partnership as his interest in his own firm or tong bears to the total in- terest of all the partners therein, whether registered or un- registered.
(6.) Where a firm or family tong is registered as a re- gistered partner in a registered partnership and is itself also registered as a registered partnership the liability of each of its unregistered partners or members shall be un- limited in respect of assets in his pos-ession connected with the registered partnership in which the firm or tong is registered partner; but his further liability shall be limited to such proportion of the debts and obligations of the re- gistered partnership as the interest of his firm or t'ong in the registered partnership bears to the total interest of all the partners therein whether registered or unregistered.
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(7.) No person registered only as a hung kú share- holder shall be under any further liability for the debts and obligations of the firm in which he is so registered than the liability imposed by sub-section (1) of this section.
(8.) The burden of proving that assets in his possession are unconnected with the registered partnership shall be ou the person who seeks to have his liability limited under this section.
(9.) No member of a firm or family tong which is registered as a partner other than the registered repre- sentative thereof shall take part in the management of the business of the registered partnership or shall have power to bind the registered partnership.
Provided that any member of such a firm or tong may by himself or his agent at any time inspect the books of the firm and examine into the state and prospects of the partnership business.
If a member of such a firm or Fong other than the registered representative thereof takes part in the manage- ment of the business of the registered partnership he shall be personally liable to an unlimited extent for all debts and obligations of the registered partnership incurred while he so takes part in the mauagement thereof.
(10.) A firm or family Cong registered as a partner in a registered partnership may be sued in its firm or long name in respect of the debts and obligations of the registered partnership, and service on its registered representative shall be deemed sufficient service on the partners in the firm or the members of the tong.
6.-(1.) A registered partnership shall not be dissolved by the death, or bankruptcy, or admission, or succession, or retirement of a partuer; and the lunacy of a partner shall partnerships. not be a ground for dissolution of the partnership by the Court unless the lunatic's share cannot be otherwise ascertained and realised.
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(2.) In the event of the dissolution of a registered part- nership its affairs shall be wound up by the partners unless the Court otherwise orders.
(3.) Applications to the Court to wind up a registered No. 1 of 1885, partnership shall be by petition under the Companies Ordinance, 1865, or any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same, and the provisions of such Ordinance relat- ing to the winding up of companies by the Court and of the rules made thereunder (including provisions as to fees) shall, subject to such modification (if any) as the Governor-in-Council may by rules provide, apply to the winding up by the Court of registered partnerships, with the substitution of partners for directors.
(4.) Subject to any express agreement between the part-
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(.) Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners;