Chapter VII - Registration of Firms
Section 64
Section 64: Rectification of mistakes
Section 64 distinguishes a mistake in the Register from a mistake in the filed document itself. This distinction determines which correction route and whose application are relevant.
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Statutory text
Bare law
(1) The Registrar shall have power at all times to rectify any mistake in order to bring the entry in the Register of Firms relating to any firm into conformity with the documents relating to that firm filed under this Chapter.
(2) On application made by all the parties who have signed any document relating to a firm filed under this Chapter, the Registrar may rectify any mistake in such document or in the record or note thereof made in the Register of Firms.
Central rule and applicability
Under subsection (1), the Registrar may correct a mistake at any time to bring a firm's register entry into conformity with the documents filed under the chapter. Under subsection (2), an application by all parties who signed the filed document enables the Registrar to correct a mistake in that document or its register record or note.
Limits and related provisions
The section does not authorise one partner to rewrite a disputed bargain by calling it a clerical error. The all-signatories application condition belongs to the document-correction route in subsection (2). A substantive dispute may require adjudication, with a consequential register direction under Section 65 where appropriate.
Hypothetical business example
Hypothetical: a filed statement correctly spells a partner's name but the Register contains a typing error. The firm supplies the filed statement for a conformity correction. If the filed statement itself contains the mistake, it separately addresses subsection (2)'s application by all signatories.
Practical decision flow
Compare the Register entry with the actual filed document and identify where the mistake originates.
Select the conformity route or obtain the application of all document signatories as required by subsection (2).
Provide the supporting record, follow the State procedure and verify the corrected entry without obscuring a substantive dispute.
Check the applicable state law
This guide explains the central Section 64 baseline. State amendments, notifications and rules can affect its application. Confirm the law applicable to the firm's location and the relevant partnership agreement before acting.
Practical checklist
Do
- Compare the Register entry with the actual filed document and identify where the mistake originates.
- Select the conformity route or obtain the application of all document signatories as required by subsection (2).
- Provide the supporting record, follow the State procedure and verify the corrected entry without obscuring a substantive dispute.
Avoid
- The section does not authorise one partner to rewrite a disputed bargain by calling it a clerical error. The all-signatories application condition belongs to the document-correction route in subsection (2). A substantive dispute may require adjudication, with a consequential register direction under Section 65 where appropriate.
Glossary
- Conformity correction
- A correction making the Register agree with the document already filed.
- Signatories
- The parties who signed the relevant filed document, not necessarily only the firm's current partners.
Frequently asked questions
Are all partners' signatures required for every correction?
The central provision distinguishes two routes. Subsection (2) requires an application by all parties who signed the relevant document; subsection (1) addresses conformity with filed documents.
Can a disputed ownership share be changed as a typing error?
Do not assume so. A substantive dispute is different from a mistake capable of rectification on the statutory basis.
Is there a fixed central expiry for the Registrar's conformity power?
Subsection (1) says 'at all times'. Applicable process and the nature of the requested correction must still be considered.
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Contact BizeneedLast updated 10 October 2026