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Chapter X - Conversion into Limited Liability Partnership

Section 58

Section 58: Registration and effect of conversion

Section 58 sets the Registrar’s conversion registration process and the resulting vesting and dissolution effects.

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Statutory text

Bare law

(1) The Registrar, on satisfying that a firm, private company or an unlisted public company, as the case may be, has complied with the provisions of the Second Schedule, the Third Schedule or the Fourth Schedule, as the case may be, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, register the documents submitted under such Schedule and issue a certificate of registration in such form as the Registrar may determine stating that the limited liability partnership is, on and from the date specified in the certificate, registered under this Act:

Provided that the limited liability partnership shall, within fifteen days of the date of registration, inform the concerned Registrar of Firms or Registrar of Companies, as the case may be, with which it was registered under the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932) or the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) as the case may be, about the conversion and of the particulars of the limited liability partnership in such form and manner as may be prescribed.

(2) Upon such conversion, the partners of the firm, the shareholders of private company or unlisted public company, as the case may be, the limited liability partnership to which such firm or such company has converted, and the partners of the limited liability partnership shall be bound by the provisions of the Second Schedule, the Third Schedule or the Fourth Schedule, as the case may be, applicable to them.

(3) Upon such conversion, on and from the date of certificate of registration, the effects of the conversion shall be such as specified in the Second Schedule, the Third Schedule or the Fourth Schedule, as the case may be.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, on and from the date of registration specified in the certificate of registration issued under the Second Schedule, the Third Schedule or the Fourth Schedule, as the case may be,—

(a) there shall be a limited liability partnership by the name specified in the certificate of registration registered under this Act;

(b) all tangible (movable or immovable) and intangible property vested in the firm or the company, as the case may be, all assets, interests, rights, privileges, liabilities, obligations relating to the firm or the company, as the case may be, and the whole of the undertaking of the firm or the company, as the case may be, shall be transferred to and shall vest in the limited liability partnership without further assurance, act or deed; and

(c) the firm or the company, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be dissolved and removed from the records of the Registrar of Firms or Registrar of Companies, as the case may be.

Key takeaways

1

Certificate date

The Registrar’s certificate states when the LLP is registered.

2

Fifteen-day notice

The LLP must inform its former Registrar of Firms or Companies within fifteen days.

3

Automatic vesting

Subsection (4) transfers the former entity’s undertaking, assets and liabilities to the LLP.

When this section applies

Section 58 sets the Registrar’s conversion registration process and the resulting vesting and dissolution effects.

Key steps

  • Meet the applicable schedule: Use the Second, Third or Fourth Schedule according to the entity converting.
  • Obtain the certificate: The Registrar registers the documents and specifies the registration date.
  • Give post-registration notice: Notify the former registrar within fifteen days in the prescribed form and manner.
  • Record vesting: Update records for transferred rights and liabilities and the former entity’s dissolution.

Practical preparation

Check these section-specific points against the facts and records.

  • Identify whether the converting entity is a firm, private company or unlisted public company and use the matching Schedule.
  • Obtain and retain the Registrar’s certificate of registration and its date.
  • Inform the former Registrar of Firms or Companies of the conversion within 15 days of registration.
  • Update records for the statutory vesting of assets and liabilities and dissolution of the former entity.

Practical checklist

Do

  • Keep the certificate and schedule filings.
  • Calendar the fifteen-day notice period.
  • Map assets, contracts and liabilities to the LLP after vesting.

Avoid

  • Do not assume the filing date equals the certificate’s effective date.
  • Do not omit notice to the former registrar.

Illustrative example

Hypothetical: section 58 in practice

A private company completes the Third Schedule filings and receives an LLP certificate dated 1 June.

  1. Meet the applicable schedule

    Use the Second, Third or Fourth Schedule according to the entity converting.

  2. Obtain the certificate

    The Registrar registers the documents and specifies the registration date.

  3. Give post-registration notice

    Notify the former registrar within fifteen days in the prescribed form and manner.

  4. Record vesting

    Update records for transferred rights and liabilities and the former entity’s dissolution.

Outcome

  • From the specified date, section 58 applies the schedule’s effects and statutory vesting; the LLP must notify the former Registrar of Companies within fifteen days.

Glossary

Vesting
Statutory transfer of the former entity’s property, rights, obligations and undertaking to the LLP.
Certificate of registration
The Registrar’s document specifying the converted LLP’s registration date.

Frequently asked questions

When does conversion take effect?

On and from the registration date specified in the certificate.

Does section 58 transfer liabilities too?

Yes. Subsection (4)(b) includes liabilities and obligations.

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Last updated 10 October 2026