Partnership Act, P-3

1 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 The Partnership Act being Chapter P‑3 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978 (effective February 26, 1979) as amended by the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1979‑80, c 92; 1984‑85‑86, c 38; 1986‑87‑88, c 51; 2001, c 27; 2004, c L‑16.1; 2006, c 30; 2010, c B‑12 and c E.9‑22; 2012, c 21; 2013, c O‑4.2; 2015, c 21; 2018, c 42; 2021, c 6; 2022, c 26; and 2024, c 4. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Table of Contents SHORT TITLE 38 Notice of changes in firm 1 Short title 39 Notice of dissolution INTERPRETATION 40 Continuing authority of partners 2 Interpretation 41 Application of partnership property 2.1 Individual must be 18 years or older to be partner 42 Apportionment of premium PART I 43 Dissolution of fraud or misrepresentation Nature of Partnership 3 Definition 44 Share of profits made after dissolution 4 Rules for determining existence 45 Retiring or deceased partner’s share a debt 5 Postponement of certain claims 46 Rules for final distribution of assets 6 Interpretation Effect of Certificate 47 Binding effect of certificate Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Them 48 Liability of persons signing certificate 7 Power to bind firm PART II 8 Partners bound by acts of firm Limited Partnerships 9 Using credit of firm for private purposes 49 Application of Act to limited partnerships 10 Notice that firm not bound by acts of partner 50 Limited partnership 11 Liability of partner 51 Formation of limited partnership 12 Liability of firm for wrongs 52 General and limited partners 13 Liability of firm for misapplication of money 53 Restriction in name of partnership 14 Liability joint and several 54 Contribution by limited partner 15 Improper employment of trust property 55 General partners to be registered as owners of interests in land 16 Persons liable by “holding out” 56 Rights, etc., of general partners 17 Admissions and representation of partners 57 Liability of limited partners 18 Notice to acting partner 58 Certain rights of limited partners 19 Liability of incoming and outgoing partners 59 Limited partner’s right to share of profits, etc. 20 Revocation of continuing guaranty by change in firm relations of partners to one another 60 Business dealings by limited partners with partnership 21 Variation by consent of terms of partnership 61 Limited partners’ rights as between themselves 22 Partnership property 62 Return of limited partner’s contribution 23 Property bought with partnership money 63 Limited partner’s liability to partnership 24 Partnership land as personal estate 64 Liability to creditors 25 Procedure against partnership property 65 Admission of additional limited partners 26 Rules as to interests and duties of partners 66 Certain rights of assignees of limited partners 27 Expulsion of partner 67 Dissolution of limited partnership 28 Retirement from partnership 68 Certain powers, etc., of representative of deceased 29 Continuance of partnership limited partner 30 Rendering accounts 69 Cancellation and amendment of certificate 31 Accountability for private profits 70 Settlement of accounts on dissolution of limited 32 Partner competing with firm partnership 33 Rights of assignee of share in partnership 71 Liability for false statements in certificates dissolution of partnership 72 Person mistakenly believing he is a limited partner 34 Expiration or notice not liable 35 Death or bankruptcy 73 Judgment against limited partner 36 Illegality of partnership 74 Limited partners not to be parties to proceedings except in certain cases 37 Dissolution by court 75 Application to existing limited partnerships 3 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 PART II.1 95 Name Extraprovincial Limited Partnership 96 Service 75.1 Registration 97 Non‑registered status 75.2 Governing laws 98 Extra‑provincial limited liability partnership 75.3 Disabilities 99 Registration 75.4 Acts of unregistered partnership 100 Notice to clients PART III 101 Registered office and address for service Supplemental 76 Repealed 102 Partnership list 103 Name Registration Fees 77 Repealed 104 Service PART IV 105 Notice of changes Limited Liability Partnerships 106 Periodic reports 78 Interpretation of Part 107 Cancellation of registration 79 Application of Part 108 Law of governing jurisdiction applies 80 Limited liability for partners 109 Offence 81 Partners subject to same liabilities as corporate 110 Regulations directors 82 Previous obligations PART IV.1 Special Rules respecting 83 Restrictions on distribution of partnership property Extraprovincial Matters 84 Recovery of prohibited distributions 110.1 Interpretation of Part 85 Dissolution of partnership 110.2 Agreements 86 Application for registration 110.3 Regulations for Part 87 Registration 110.4 Regulations prevail 88 Effect of registration PART V 89 Notice to clients General 90 Registered office and address for service 111 Rules of common law and equity 91 Partnership list 112 Fees 92 Notice of changes 113 Transitional – activities 93 Periodic reports 114 Immunity 94 Cancellation of registration 115 Registry 4 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP 5 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 CHAPTER P-3 An Act respecting Partnerships SHORT TITLE Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Partnership Act. INTERPRETATION Interpretation 2 In this Act: (a) “business” includes every trade, occupation or profession; (b) “certificate” means a certificate filed under this Act or a declaration registered under The Business Names Registration Act and includes a certificate or declaration that has been amended; (c) “court” means the Court of King’s Bench and includes a judge of the court sitting in chambers or in court; (d) “firm” is the collective name for persons who have entered into partnership with one another; (e) “firm name” means the name under which a firm carries on business; (f) “Indian band” means an Indian band within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada) and includes the council of a band; (f.1) “minister” means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time being the administration of this Act is assigned; (g) “person” includes an individual who is 18 years of age or older, a limited partnership, a body corporate or an Indian band; (h) “registrar” means the Registrar of Corporations. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 2; 2006 c 30, s 3; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 132; 2018, c 42, s 37; 2021, c 6, s 23‑20; 2024, c 4, s 32. Individual must be 18 years or older to be partner 2.1 Only individuals who are 18 years of age or older are eligible to be partners. 2006, c 30, s 4. 6 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP PART I Nature of Partnership Definition 3(1) Partnership is the relation that subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit. (2) The relation between members of any company or association who constitute a body corporate under any law in force in Saskatchewan is not a partnership within the meaning of this Act. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 3. Rules for determining existence 4 In determining whether a partnership does or does not exist, regard shall be had to the following rules: 1 Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, joint property, common property or part ownership does not of itself create a partnership as to anything so held or owned, whether the tenants or owners do or do not share any profits made by the use thereof; 2 The sharing of gross returns does not of itself create a partnership, whether the persons sharing the returns have or have not a joint or common right or interest in the property from which or from the use of which the returns are derived; 3 The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but the receipt of such share, or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business, does not of itself make him a partner in the business and in particular: (a) the receipt by a person of a debt or other liquidated amount by instalments or otherwise out of the accruing profits of a business does not of itself make him a partner in the business or liable as such; (b) a contract for the remuneration of a servant or agent of a person engaged in a business by a share of the profits of the business does not of itself make the servant or agent a partner in the business or liable as such; (c) a person, being the surviving spouse or child of a deceased partner and receiving by way of annuity a portion of the profits made in the business in which the deceased person was a partner, is not by reason only of such receipt a partner in the business or liable as such; (d) the advance of money by way of loan to a person engaged or about to engage in any business on a contract with that person that the lender shall receive a rate of interest varying with the profits or shall receive a share of the profits arising from carrying on the business, does not of itself make the lender a partner with the person or persons carrying on the business or liable as such, provided that the contract is in writing, and signed by or on behalf of all the parties thereto; 7 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (e) a person receiving by way of annuity or otherwise a portion of the profits of a business in consideration of the sale by him of the goodwill of the business is not by reason only of such receipt a partner in the business or liable as such. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4; 1984‑85‑86, c 38, s 28. Postponement of certain claims 5 In the event of a person to whom money has been advanced by way of loan upon any contract mentioned in section 4, or of a buyer of a goodwill in consideration of a share of the profits of the business, becoming insolvent, or entering into an arrangement to pay his creditors less than one hundred cents in the dollar, or dying in insolvent circumstances, the lender of the loan shall not be entitled to recover anything in respect of his loan, and the seller of the goodwill shall not be entitled to recover anything in respect of the share of profits contracted for, until the claims of the other creditors of the borrower or buyer for valuable consideration in money or money’s worth have been satisfied. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 5. Interpretation 6 Persons who have entered into partnerships with one another are for the purposes of this Act called collectively a firm, and the name under which their business is carried on is called the firm name. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 6. Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing with Them Power to bind firm 7 Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member, bind the firm and his partners, unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter, and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority, or does not know or believe him to be a partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 7. Partners bound by acts of firm 8 An act or instrument relating to the business of the firm and done or executed in the firm name or in any other manner showing an intention to bind the firm, by any person thereto authorized, whether a partner or not, is binding on the firm and all the partners; but this section does not affect any general rule of law relating to the execution of deeds, instruments or documents affecting land or negotiable instruments. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 8. 8 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Using credit of firm for private purposes 9 Where one partner pledges the credit of the firm for a purpose apparently not connected with the firm’s ordinary course of business, the firm is not bound unless he is in fact specially authorized by the other partner or partners; but this section does not affect any personal liability incurred by an individual partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 9. Notice that firm not bound by acts of partner 10 If it has been agreed between the partners that any restriction shall be placed on the power of any one or more of them to bind the firm, no act done in contravention of the agreement is binding on the firm with respect to persons having notice of the agreement. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 10. Liability of partner 11 Every partner in a firm is liable jointly with the other partners for all debts and obligations of the firm incurred while he is a partner; and after his death his estate is also severally liable in due course of administration for those debts and obligations so far as they remain unsatisfied but subject to the prior payment of his separate debts. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 11. Liability of firm for wrongs 12 Where by a wrongful act or omission of a partner acting in the ordinary course of the business of the firm, or with the authority of his copartners, loss or injury is caused to any person not being a partner in the firm or any penalty is incurred, the firm is liable therefor to the same extent as the partner so acting or omitting to act. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 12. Liability of firm for misapplication of money 13 In the following cases: (a) where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives the money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and (b) where a firm in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by one or more of the partners while it is in the custody of the firm; the firm is liable to make good the loss. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 13. 9 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Liability joint and several 14 Every partner is liable jointly with his copartners and also severally for everything for which the firm while he is a partner therein becomes liable under either section 12 or 13. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 14. Improper employment of trust property 15 If a partner, being a trustee, improperly employs trust property in the business or on the account of the partnership no other partner is liable for the trust property to the person beneficially interested therein: Provided as follows: 1 This section shall not affect any liability incurred by a partner by reason of his having notice of a breach of trust; and 2 Nothing in this section shall prevent trust money from being followed and recovered from the firm if still in its possession or under its control. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 15. Persons liable by “holding out” 16 Every one who, by words spoken or written or by conduct, represents himself or who knowingly suffers himself to be represented as a partner in a particular firm is liable as a partner to any one who has on the faith of the representation given credit to the firm, whether the representation has or has not been made or communicated to the person so giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or suffering it to be made: Provided that where after a partner’s death the partnership business is continued in the old firm name, the continued use of that name or of the deceased partner’s name as part thereof shall not of itself make his executors or administrators, estate or effects liable for partnership debts contracted after his death. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 16. Admissions and representation of partners 17 An admission or representation made by a partner concerning the partnership affairs and in the ordinary course of its business is evidence against the firm. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 17. Notice to acting partner 18 Notice to a partner who habitually acts in the partnership business of any matter relating to partnership affairs operates as notice to the firm except in the case of a fraud on the firm committed by or with the consent of that partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 18. 10 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Liability of incoming and outgoing partners 19(1) A person who is admitted as a partner into an existing firm does not thereby become liable to the creditors of the firm for anything done before he became a partner. (2) A partner who retires from a firm does not thereby cease to be liable for partnership debts or obligations incurred before his retirement. (3) A retiring partner may be discharged from existing liabilities by an agreement to that effect between himself and the members of the firm as newly constituted and the creditors, and this agreement may be either expressed or inferred as a fact from the course of dealing between the creditors and the firm as newly constituted. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 19. Revocation of continuing guaranty by change in firm 20 A continuing guaranty given either to a firm or to a third person in respect of the transactions of a firm is, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, revoked as to future transactions by any change in the constitution of the firm to which, or of the firm in respect of the transactions of which, the guaranty was given. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 20. Relations of Partners to One Another Variation by consent of terms of partnership 21 The mutual rights and duties of partners, whether ascertained by agreement or defined by this Act, may be varied by the consent of all the partners and such consent may be either express or inferred from a course of dealing. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 21. Partnership property 22(1) All property and rights and interest in property originally brought into the partnership stock or acquired, whether by purchase or otherwise, on account of the firm or for the purposes and in the course of the partnership business are called in this Act partnership property and must be held and applied by the partners exclusively for the purposes of the partnership and in accordance with the partnership agreement: Provided that the legal estate or interest in land which belongs to the partnership shall devolve according to the nature and tenure thereof and the general rules of law thereto applicable but in trust so far as necessary for the persons beneficially interested in the land under this section. (2) Where co‑owners of an estate or interest in land not being itself partnership property are partners as to profits made by the use of that land or estate and purchase other land or estate out of the profits to be used in like manner, the land or estate so purchased belongs to them in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, not as partners, but as co‑owners for the same respective estates and interests as are held by them in the land or estate first mentioned at the date of the purchase. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 22. 11 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Property bought with partnership money 23 Unless the contrary intention appears property bought with money belonging to the firm is deemed to have been bought on account of the firm. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 23. Partnership land as personal estate 24 Where land or any interest therein has become partnership property it shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be treated as between the partners, including the representatives of a deceased partner, as personal or moveable and not real estate. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 24. Procedure against partnership property 25(1) Enforcement measures shall not be taken against any partnership property except on a judgment against the firm. (2) The court or a judge thereof may in chambers, on application by summons by any judgment creditor of a partner, make an order charging that partner’s interest in the partnership property and profits with payment of the amount of the judgment debt and interest thereon, and may by the same or subsequent order appoint a receiver of that partner’s share of profits, whether already declared or accruing, and of any other money that is coming to him in respect of the partnership, and direct all accounts and inquiries and give all other orders and directions that might have been directed or given if the charge had been made in favour of the judgment creditor by the partner or that the circumstances of the case require. (3) The other partner or partners shall be at liberty at any time to redeem the interest charged or in case of a sale being directed to purchase the interest charged. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 25; 1979‑80, c 92, s 69; 2010, c E‑9.22, s 214. Rules as to interests and duties of partners 26 The interests of partners in the partnership property and their rights and duties in relation to the partnership shall be determined, subject to any agreement express or implied between the partners, by the following rules: 1 All the partners are entitled to share equally in the capital and profits of the business and must contribute equally towards the losses whether of capital or otherwise sustained by the firm; 2 The firm must indemnify every partner in respect of payments made and personal liabilities incurred by him: (a) in the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the firm; or (b) in or about anything necessarily done for the preservation of the business or property of the firm; 12 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP 3 A partner making for the purpose of the partnership any actual payment or advance beyond the amount of capital that he has agreed to subscribe is entitled to interest from the date of the payment or advance; 4 A partner is not entitled before the ascertainment of profits to interest on the capital subscribed by him; 5 Every partner may take part in the management of the partnership business; 6 No partner is entitled to remuneration for acting in the partnership business; 7 No person may be introduced as a partner without the consent of all existing partners; 8 Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners but no change may be made in the nature of the partnership business without the consent of all existing partners; 9 The partnership books are to be kept at the place of business of the partnership, or the principal place if there is more than one, and every partner may when he thinks fit have access to and inspect and copy any of them. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 26. Expulsion of partner 27 No majority of the partners can expel any partner unless a power to do so has been conferred by express agreement between the partners. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 27. Retirement from partnership 28(1) Where no fixed term has been agreed upon for the duration of the partnership or if a partnership is continued after a fixed term has expired, any partner may determine the partnership at any time on giving notice of his intention to do so to all the other partners. (2) Where the partnership has originally been constituted by deed a notice in writing signed by the partner giving it shall be sufficient for the purpose of subsection (1). RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 28. Continuance of partnership 29(1) Where a partnership entered into for a fixed term is continued after the term has expired and without any express new agreement, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration of the term so far as is consistent with the incidents of a partnership at will. (2) A continuance of the business by the partners or such of them as habitually acted therein during the term without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership affairs is presumed to be a continuance of the partnership. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 29. 13 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Rendering accounts 30 Partners are bound to render true accounts and full information of all things affecting the partnership to any partner or his legal representatives. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 30. Accountability for private profits 31(1) Every partner must account to the firm for any benefit derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction concerning the partnership or from any use by him of the partnership property, name or business connection. (2) This section applies also to transactions undertaken after a partnership has been dissolved by the death of a partner and before the affairs thereof have been completely wound up either by a surviving partner or by the representatives of the deceased partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 31. Partner competing with firm 32 If a partner without the consent of the other partners carries on a business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 32. Rights of assignee of share in partnership 33(1) An assignment by a partner of his share in the partnership either absolute or by way of mortgage, encumbrance or redeemable charge does not as against the other partners entitle the assignee during the continuance of the partnership to interfere in the management or administration of the partnership business or affairs or to require any accounts of the partnership transactions or to inspect the partnership books, but entitles the assignee only to receive the share of profits to which the assigning partner would otherwise be entitled and the assignee must accept the account of profits agreed to by the partners. (2) In case of a dissolution of the partnership, whether as respects all the partners or as respects the assigning partner, the assignee is entitled to receive the share of the partnership assets to which the assigning partner is entitled as between himself and the other partners, and, for the purpose of ascertaining that share, to an account as from the date of the dissolution. (3) In this section “assignee” includes “mortgagee” or “encumbrance”. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 33. 14 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Expiration or notice 34 Subject to any agreement between the partners a partnership is dissolved: (a) if entered into for a fixed term, by the expiration of that term; (b) if entered into for a single adventure or undertaking, by the termination of that adventure or undertaking; (c) if entered into for an undefined time, by any partner giving notice to the other or others of his intention to dissolve the partnership; and in the last mentioned case the partnership is dissolved as from the date mentioned in the notice as the date of dissolution, or, if no date is so mentioned, as from the date of the communication of the notice. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 34. Death or bankruptcy 35(1) Subject to any agreement between the partners every partnership is dissolved as regards all the partners by the death or bankruptcy of a partner, or by his making an authorized assignment under the Bankruptcy Act (Canada). (2) A partnership may, at the option of the other partners, be dissolved if any partner suffers his share of the partnership property to be charged under this Act for his separate debt. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 35. Illegality of partnership 36 A partnership is in every case dissolved by the happening of any event that makes it unlawful for the business of the firm to be carried on or for the members of the firm to carry it on in partnership. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 36. Dissolution by court 37 On application by a partner the court may decree a dissolution of the partnership in any of the following cases: (a) when a partner is shown to the satisfaction of the court to permanently lack capacity, in which case the application may be made as well on behalf of that partner by his guardian or next friend or person having title to intervene as by any other partner; (b) when a partner other than the partner suing becomes in any other way permanently incapable of performing his part of the partnership contract; (c) when a partner other than the partner suing has been guilty of conduct which in the opinion of the court, regard being had to the nature of the business, is calculated to affect prejudicially the carrying on of the business; 15 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (d) when a partner, other than the partner suing, wilfully or persistently commits a breach of the partnership agreement or otherwise so conducts himself in matters relating to the partnership business that it is not reasonably practicable for the other partner or partners to carry on the business in partnership with him; (e) when the business of the partnership can only be carried on at a loss; (f) whenever in any case circumstances have arisen that in the opinion of the court render it just and equitable that the partnership be dissolved. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 37; 2015, c 21, s 36. Notice of changes in firm 38(1) Where a person deals with a firm after a change in its constitution he is entitled to treat all apparent members of the old firm as still being members of the firm until he has notice of the change. (2) The registration of a declaration pursuant to section 13 of The Business Names Registration Act is deemed to be notice of dissolution to persons who had no dealings with the firm before the date of the registration. (3) The estate of a partner who dies or of a partner who, not having been known to the person dealing with the firm to be a partner, retires from the firm, is not liable for partnership debts contracted after the date of the death or retirement respectively. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 38; 2022, c 26, s 19. Notice of dissolution 39 On the dissolution of a partnership or retirement of a partner any partner may publicly give notice thereof and may require the other partner or partners to concur for that purpose in all necessary or proper acts that cannot be done without his or their concurrence. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 39. Continuing authority of partners 40 After the dissolution of a partnership the authority of each partner to bind the firm and the other rights and obligations of the partners continue, notwithstanding the dissolution, so far as is necessary to wind up the affairs of the partnership and to complete transactions begun but unfinished at the time of the dissolution. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 40. 16 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Application of partnership property 41 On the dissolution of a partnership every partner is entitled, as against the other partners in the firm and all persons claiming through them in respect of their interest as partners, to have the property of the partnership applied in payment of the debts and liabilities of the firm and to have the surplus assets after such payment applied in payment of what is due to the partners respectively after deducting what is due from them as partners to the firm; and, for that purpose, any partner or his representatives may on the termination of the partnership apply to the court to wind up the business and affairs of the firm. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 41. Apportionment of premium 42 Where one partner has paid a premium to another on entering into a partnership for a fixed term and the partnership is dissolved before the expiration of that term otherwise than by the death of a partner, the court may order the repayment of the premium or of such part thereof as it thinks just having regard to the terms of the partnership contract and to the length of time during which the partnership has continued; unless: (a) the dissolution is in the judgment of the court wholly or chiefly due to the misconduct of the partner who paid the premium; or (b) the partnership has been dissolved by an agreement containing no provision for a return of any part of the premium. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 42. Dissolution of fraud or misrepresentation 43 Where a partnership contract is rescinded on the ground of the fraud or misrepresentation of one of the parties thereto, the party entitled to rescind, is without prejudice to any other right entitled: (a) to a lien on or right of retention of the surplus of the partnership assets, after satisfying the partnership liabilities, for any sum of money paid by him for the purchase of a share in the partnership and for any capital contributed by him; (b) to stand in the place of the creditors of the firm for any payments made by him in respect of the partnership liabilities; and (c) to be indemnified by the person guilty of the fraud or making the representation against all the debts and liabilities of the firm. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 43. 17 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Share of profits made after dissolution 44 Where a member of a firm has died or otherwise ceased to be a partner and the surviving or continuing partners carry on the business of the firm with its capital or assets without a final settlement of accounts as between the firm and the outgoing partner or his estate, then, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the outgoing partner or his estate is entitled, at the option of himself or his representatives, to such share of the profits made since the dissolution as the court may find to be attributable to the use of his share of the partnership assets, or to interest on the amount of his share of the partnership assets: Provided that where by the partnership contract an option is given to surviving or continuing partners to purchase the interest of a deceased or outgoing partner and that option is duly exercised, the estate of the deceased partner or the outgoing partner or his estate is not entitled to any further or other share or profits; but, if any partner assuming to act in exercise of the option does not in all material respects comply with the terms thereof, he is liable to account under the foregoing provisions of this section. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 44. Retiring or deceased partner’s share a debt 45 Subject to any agreement between the partners, the amount due from surviving or continuing partners to an outgoing partner or the representatives of a deceased partner in respect of the outgoing or deceased partner’s share is a debt accruing at the date of the dissolution or death. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 45. Rules for final distribution of assets 46 In settling accounts between the partners after a dissolution of partnership the following rules shall, subject to any agreement, be observed: 1 Losses, including losses and deficiencies of capital, shall be paid first out of profits, next out of capital, and lastly if necessary by the partners individually in the proportion in which hey were entitled to share profits; 2 The assets of the firm, including the sums, if any, contributed by the partners to make up losses or deficiencies of capital shall be applied in the following manner and order: (a) in paying the debts and liabilities of the firm to persons who are not partners therein; (b) in paying to each partner rateably what is due from the firm to him for advances as distinguished from capital; (c) in paying to each partner rateably what is due from the firm to him in respect of capital; (d) the residue, if any, shall be divided among the partners in the proportion in which profits are divisible. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 46. 18 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP EFFECT OF CERTIFICATE Binding effect of certificate 47 The allegations made in a certificate required under this Act or under The Business Names Registration Act shall not be controverted by any person who has signed the certificate nor shall they be controverted as against any party not being a partner by a person who has not signed the certificate but who was really a member of the partnership therein mentioned at the time the certificate was made. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 62. Liability of persons signing certificate 48 Until a new certificate is made and filed by him or by his copartners or any of them as aforesaid no person who has signed a certificate shall be deemed to have ceased to be a partner; but nothing contained herein shall exempt from liability any person who, being a partner, fails to certify the same in the manner provided, and such person may notwithstanding such omission be sued jointly with the partners mentioned in the certificate or they may be sued alone and, if judgment is recovered against them, any other partner or partners may be sued jointly or severally in an action on the original cause of action upon which such judgment was rendered, nor shall anything in this Act be construed to affect the rights of partners with regard to each other except that no certificate shall be controverted by any signer thereof. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 63. PART II Limited Partnerships Application of Act to limited partnerships 49 The provisions of this Act shall in the case of limited partnerships be read subject to this Part. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Limited partnership 50(1) A limited partnership may, subject to this Part, be formed to carry on any business that a partnership without limited partners may carry on. (2) A limited partnership shall consist of: (a) one or more persons who are general partners; and (b) one or more persons who are limited partners. (3) There may be any number of limited partners in a limited partnership. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4; 2021, c 6, s 23‑20. 19 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Formation of limited partnership 51 A limited partnership is formed when the business name of the partnership is registered pursuant to sections 6 and 7 of The Business Names Registration Act and persons desirous of forming a limited partnership shall file a declaration in accordance with section 16 of that Act. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 8. General and limited partners 52(1) A person may be a general partner and a limited partner at the same time in the same limited partnership. (2) A person who is at the same time a general partner and a limited partner in the same limited partnership has the same rights and powers and is subject to the same restrictions as a general partner except that in respect of his contribution as a limited partner he has the rights against the other partners that he would have if he were not also a general partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Restriction in name of partnership 53(1) The surname of a limited partner shall not appear in the business or firm name of the limited partnership unless it is also the surname of one of the general partners. (2) A limited partner whose surname appears in the business or firm name of the limited partnership contrary to subsection (1) is liable as a general partner to any creditor of the limited partnership who has extended the credit without actual knowledge that the limited partner is not a general partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Contribution by limited partner 54(1) A limited partner may contribute money and other property to the limited partnership, but not services. (2) A limited partner’s interest in the limited partnership is personal property. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. General partners to be registered as owners of interests in land 55 The interest of the limited partnership in any real property shall be registered in the land titles office in the names of the general partners only. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. 20 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Rights, etc., of general partners 56 A general partner in a limited partnership has all the rights and powers and is subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners except that, without the written consent to or ratification of the specific act by all the limited partners, a general partner has no authority to: (a) do any act in contravention of the certificate; (b) do any act which makes it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the limited partnership; (c) consent to a judgment against the limited partnership; (d) possess limited partnership property, or assign any rights in specific partnership property for a purpose other than a partnership purpose; (e) admit a person as a general partner; (f) admit a person as a limited partner unless the right to do is given in the certificate; or (g) continue the business of the limited partnership after the death or retirement of or on the finding of a lack of capacity of a general partner unless the right to do so is given in the certificate. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4; 2015, c 21, s 36. Liability of limited partners 57 Subject to this Part, a limited partner is not liable for the obligations of the limited partnership except in respect of the amount of the money and other property, if any, he contributes or agrees to contribute to the capital of the limited partnership. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Certain rights of limited partners 58 A limited partner has the same right as a general partner: (a) to inspect and make copies of or take extracts from the limited partnership books at all times; (b) to be given, on demand, true and full information of all things affecting the limited partnership, and to be given an account of the partnership affairs; and (c) to obtain dissolution of the limited partnership by court order. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Limited partner’s right to share of profits, etc. 59(1) A limited partner has, subject to this Act, the right: (a) to a share of the profits or other compensation by way of income; and (b) to have his contribution to the limited partnership returned. 21 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (2) A limited partner may receive from the limited partnership the share of the profits or the compensation by way of income stipulated for in the certificate if, after payment thereof is made, whether from the property of the limited partnership or that of a general partner, the limited partnership assets exceed all the limited partnership liabilities, excepting liabilities to limited partners on account of their contributions and to general partners. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Business dealings by limited partners with partnership 60 A limited partner may loan money to and transact other business with the limited partnership and, unless he is also a general partner, may receive on account of resulting claims against the limited partnership, with general creditors, a pro rata share of the assets, but a limited partner shall not, in respect of any such claim: (a) receive or hold as collateral security any of the limited partnership property; or (b) receive from a general partner or the limited partnership any payment, conveyance or release from liability if at the time the assets of the partnership are not sufficient to discharge the limited partnership liabilities to persons not claiming as general or limited partners. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Limited partners’ rights as between themselves 61(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), limited partners, in relation to one another, share in the limited partnership assets in respect of their claims: (a) for capital; and (b) for profits or compensation by way of income on their contributions; in proportion to the respective amounts of their claims. (2) Where there are several limited partners, the partners may agree that one or more of the limited partners is to have priority over other limited partners with respect to: (a) the return of contributions; (b) compensation by way of income; or (c) any other matter; but the existence of and nature of the agreement shall be stated in the certificate. (3) Where the certificate does not contain a statement respecting the existence of and nature of an agreement mentioned in subsection (2), all limited partners stand, subject to subsection (1), upon equal footing. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. 22 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Return of limited partner’s contribution 62(1) A limited partner is not entitled to receive from a general partner or out of the limited partnership property any part of his contribution until: (a) all liabilities of the limited partnership, excepting liabilities to general partners and to limited partners on account of their contributions, have been paid or there remains sufficient limited partnership property to pay them; (b) the consent of all partners is obtained, unless the return of the contribution may be rightfully demanded under subsection (2); and (c) the certificate is cancelled or so amended as to set forth the withdrawal or reduction. (2) Subject to subsection (1), a limited partner may rightfully demand the return of his contribution: (a) upon the dissolution of the limited partnership; (b) when the time specified in the certificate for its return has arrived; or (c) after he has given six months’ notice in writing to all other partners if no time is specified in the certificate either for the return of the contribution or for the dissolution of the limited partnership. (3) A limited partner has, irrespective of the nature of his contribution, only the right to demand and receive money in return therefor, unless: (a) there is a statement to the contrary in the certificate; or (b) all the partners consent to some other manner of returning the contribution. (4) A limited partner is entitled to have the limited partnership dissolved where: (a) he rightfully demands the return of his contribution but is unsuccessful in securing it; (b) the other liabilities of the limited partnership have not been paid; or (c) the limited partnership property is insufficient for the payment of the liabilities of the limited partnership excepting the liabilities to the partners mentioned in clause (a) of subsection (1) and the limited partner seeking dissolution would otherwise be entitled to the return of his contribution. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Limited partner’s liability to partnership 63(1) A limited partner is liable to the limited partnership: (a) for the difference, if any, between the amount of the contribution he actually made and the amount stated in the certificate as having been made by him; and (b) for any unpaid contribution which he agreed in the certificate to make in the future at the time and on the conditions, if any, stated in the certificate. 23 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (2) A limited partner holds as trustee for the limited partnership: (a) specific property stated in the certificate as contributed by him, but which has not in fact been contributed or which has been wrongfully returned; and (b) money or other property wrongfully paid or conveyed to him on account of his contribution. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the liabilities of a limited partner set forth in this section may be waived or compromised subject to the consent of all partners. (4) A waiver or compromise agreed to pursuant to subsection (3) does not affect the right of a creditor of the limited partnership to enforce a liability arising from credit that was extended or a claim that otherwise arose: (a) subsequent to the filing of the certificate whereby the limited partnership was formed; and (b) prior to the cancellation or amendment of the certificate whereby the waiver or compromise was effected. (5) Where a limited partner has rightfully received the return, in whole or in part, of the capital of his contribution he is liable to the limited partnership for any sum, not in excess of that return with interest, necessary to discharge its liabilities to all creditors who extended credit or whose claims otherwise arose before the return. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Liability to creditors 64 A limited partner is not liable as a general partner unless, in addition to exercising his rights and powers as a limited partner, he takes part in the control of the business. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Admission of additional limited partners 65 After the formation of a limited partnership, additional limited partners may be admitted by amendment of the certificate in accordance with Part II of The Business Names Registration Act. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Certain rights of assignees of limited partners 66(1) A limited partner’s interest is assignable. (2) A substituted limited partner is a person admitted to all the rights of a limited partner who has died or has assigned his interest in the limited partnership. (3) An assignee who does not become a substituted limited partner does not have the right: (a) to require any information or account of the partnership transactions; or (b) to inspect the partnership books; 24 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP but is entitled only to receive the share of the profits or other compensation by way of income, or the return of his contribution, to which his assignor would otherwise be entitled. (4) An assignee may become a substituted limited partner:

(a) if all the members, other than the assignor, consent thereto; or (b) if the assignor, being so authorized by the terms in the certificate gives the assignee that right. (5) An assignee becomes a substituted limited partner when the certificate is appropriately amended in accordance with Part II of The Business Names Registration Act. (6) A substituted limited partner has all the rights and powers and is subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of his assignor other than such liabilities of which he was ignorant at the time he became a limited partner and that could not be ascertained from the certificate. (7) The substitution of an assignee as a limited partner does not release the assignor from liability under sections 63 and 71. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Dissolution of limited partnership 67 The retirement, death or lack of capacity of a general partner dissolves a limited partnership unless the business is continued by the remaining general partners: (a) pursuant to a right to do so stated in the certificate; or (b) with the consent of all the remaining partners. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4; 2015, c 21, s 36. Certain powers, etc., of representative of deceased limited partner 68(1) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased limited partner has: (a) all the rights and powers of a limited partner for the purpose of settling the estate of the deceased limited partner; and (b) the powers the deceased possessed to constitute his assignee a substituted limited partner. (2) The estate of a deceased limited partner is liable for all his liabilities as a limited partner. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. 25 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Cancellation and amendment of certificate 69 A certificate shall be cancelled or amended in accordance with The Business Names Registration Act. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 12. Settlement of accounts on dissolution of limited partnership 70 In settling accounts after the dissolution of a limited partnership the liabilities of the partnership to creditors, excepting: (a) to limited partners on account of their contributions; and (b) to general partners; shall be paid first and then, subject to any statement in the certificate or to subsequent agreement, in the following order: 1 to limited partners in respect of their share of the profits and other compensation by way of income on their contributions; 2 to limited partners in respect of the capital of their contributions; 3 to general partners other than for capital and profits; 4 to general partners in respect of profits; 5 to general partners in respect of capital. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Liability for false statements in certificates 71 Where a certificate contains a false statement, any person suffering loss as a result of relying upon that statement may hold liable as a general partner every party to the certificate who: (a) knew, when he signed the certificate, that the statement relied upon was false; or (b) became aware, subsequent to the time when he signed the certificate and within a sufficient time before the false statement was relied upon to enable him to cancel or amend the certificate or to commence proceedings in accordance with this Act for the cancellation or amendment of the certificate, that the statement relied upon was false. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. 26 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Person mistakenly believing he is a limited partner not liable 72 A person who contributes to the capital of a business conducted by a person or partnership and erroneously believes that he has become a limited partner in a limited partnership: (a) is not, by reason only of his exercising the rights of a limited partner, a general partner with the person or in the partnership carrying on the business; and (b) is not bound by the obligations of the person or partnership carrying on the business; if, upon ascertaining the fact that he is not a limited partner, he promptly renounces his interest in the profits or other compensation by way of income from the business. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Judgment against limited partner 73(1) The court may, upon application by a judgment creditor of a limited partner: (a) charge the interest of the indebted limited partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment debt; and (b) appoint a receiver and make all other orders, directions and inquiries that the circumstances of the case require. (2) The interest of a limited partner charged under subsection (1) may be redeemed with the separate property of a general partner but may not be redeemed with limited partnership property. (3) The remedies conferred by subsection (1) are not exclusive of others that may exist. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4; 2015, c 21, s 36. Limited partners not to be parties to proceedings except in certain cases 74 A limited partner, unless he is also a general partner, shall not be made a party to proceedings against a limited partnership except where the proceedings are to enforce a limited partner’s right against or liability to the limited partnership. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. Application to existing limited partnerships 75 A limited partnership formed prior to the first day of June, 1970, may become a limited partnership under this Part by complying with sections 6 and 7 of The Business Names Registration Act if the certificate states: (a) the amount of the original contribution of each limited partner and the time when the contribution was made; and (b) that the property of the partnership exceeds the amount sufficient to discharge its liabilities to persons not claiming as general or limited partners by an amount greater than the sum of the contributions of the limited partners. RSS 1978, c P‑3, s 4. 27 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 PART II.1 Extraprovincial Limited Partnership Registration 75.1(1) In this Part, “extraprovincial limited partnership” means a limited partnership formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than Saskatchewan. (2) No extraprovincial limited partnership shall carry on business in Saskatchewan unless it is registered under The Business Names Registration Act. (3) For the purpose of this Part, an extraprovincial limited partnership carries on business in Saskatchewan if: (a) it solicits business in Saskatchewan; (b) its name is listed in a telephone directory for any part of Saskatchewan; (c) its name is included in any advertisement in which an address in Saskatchewan is given for the limited partnership; (d) it has a resident agent or representative or a warehouse, office or place of business in Saskatchewan; (e) it is the beneficial owner of any estate or interest in land registered under The Land Titles Act; (f) it effects a primary distribution to the public in Saskatchewan of securities as defined by The Securities Act; or (g) it otherwise carries on business in Saskatchewan. 1986‑87‑88, c 51, s 2. Governing laws 75.2(1) The laws of the jurisdiction pursuant to which an extraprovincial limited partnership is formed govern its formation, internal affairs and the limited liability of its limited partners. (2) A limited partner of an extraprovincial limited partnership is not liable in Saskatchewan as a general partner of the extraprovincial limited partnership by reason only that it carries on business in Saskatchewan without filing the documents required under The Business Names Registration Act. 1986‑87‑88, c 51, s 2. Disabilities 75.3(1) No extraprovincial limited partnership that is not registered under The Business Names Registration Act, and no member of that extraprovincial limited partnership, is capable of commencing or maintaining any action or other proceeding in any court in Saskatchewan with respect to any contract or tort made or arising in connection with the business carried on by the extraprovincial limited partnership. (2) In any action or proceeding, the onus shall be on the extraprovincial limited partnership to prove it was registered. 28 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP (3) Where an extraprovincial limited partnership was not registered but becomes registered under The Business Names Registration Act, any action or proceeding mentioned in subsection (1) may be maintained as if the extraprovincial limited partnership had been registered before the institution of the action or proceeding. (4) Where an action or other proceeding has been dismissed or otherwise decided against an extraprovincial limited partnership on the grounds that an act or transaction was invalid or prohibited by reason of the extraprovincial limited partnership not having been registered under The Business Names Registration Act, the extraprovincial limited partnership may: (a) on becoming registered under The Business Names Registration Act; and (b) on obtaining leave of the court; maintain a new action or proceeding as if no judgment had been rendered or entered. 1986‑87‑88, c 51, s 3. Acts of unregistered partnership 75.4 No act of an extraprovincial limited partnership, including holding an interest in land, is invalid by reason only that the extraprovincial limited partnership was not registered under The Business Names Registration Act. 1986‑87‑88, c 51, s 2. PART III Supplemental 76 Repealed. 2001, c 27, s 2. Registration Fees 77 Repealed. 2001, c 27, s 2. PART IV Limited Liability Partnerships Interpretation of Part 78 In this Part: (a) “distribution” means, in relation to the partnership property, a transfer of money or other partnership property by a partnership to a partner or an assignee of a partner’s share in the partnership, whether as a share of profits, return of contributions to capital, repayment of advances or otherwise; (b) “eligible profession” means a profession that is regulated by an Act; (c) “extraprovincial limited liability partnership” means a partnership registered pursuant to section 99 as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership; 29 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (d) “governing jurisdiction” means, in relation to a partnership, the jurisdiction whose law governs the interpretation of the partnership agreement by operation of law or through a provision in the partnership agreement or another document created by the partnership; (e) “limited liability partnership” means a partnership registered pursuant to section 87; (f) “partnership obligation” means any debt, obligation or liability of a partnership, other than debts, obligations or liabilities of partners as between themselves or as between themselves and the partnership; (g) Repealed. 2013, c‑O‑4.2, s 133. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2010, c B‑12, s 50; 2013, c‑O‑4.2, s 133. Application of Part 79 In the case of a limited liability partnership or an extraprovincial limited liability partnership, Parts I, II, II.1 and V are subject to this Part. 2001, c 27, s 2. Limited liability for partners 80(1) Except as expressly provided in this Part, in another Act or in an agreement, a partner in a limited liability partnership: (a) is not personally liable for a partnership obligation solely by reason of being a partner; (b) is not personally liable for an obligation under an agreement between the partnership and another person; and (c) is not personally liable to the partnership or another partner respecting an obligation to which clause (a) or (b) applies. (2) Subsection (1) does not relieve a person who is a partner in a limited liability partnership from personal liability for his or her negligent or otherwise wrongful act or omission for which he or she would be personally liable if he or she were not a member in a partnership. (3) Subsection (1) does not protect a partner’s interest in the partnership property from claims against the partnership respecting a partnership obligation. 2001, c 27, s 2. Partners subject to same liabilities as corporate directors 81(1) Partners in a limited liability partnership are personally liable for any partnership obligation for which they would be liable if the partnership were a corporation of which they were the directors. (2) Where a corporation is a partner in a limited liability partnership, the directors of the corporation are jointly and severally liable for any liability imposed on the corporation pursuant to subsection (1). 2001, c 27, s 2. 30 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Previous obligations 82 Nothing in this Part limits the liability of partners in a limited liability partnership for any partnership obligation that: (a) arose before the partnership became a limited liability partnership; or (b) arises out of a contract entered into before the partnership became a limited liability partnership. 2001, c 27, s 2. Restrictions on distribution of partnership property 83(1) A limited liability partnership shall not make a distribution of partnership property in connection with the winding up of its affairs unless all partnership obligations have been paid or satisfactory provision for their payment has been made. (2) In circumstances other than in connection with the winding up of its affairs, a limited liability partnership shall not make a distribution of partnership property if there are reasonable grounds to believe that after the distribution: (a) the partnership would be unable to pay its partnership obligations as they come due; or (b) the value of the partnership property would be less than the partnership obligations. (3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a payment on account of any partnership obligation where a partner receives a prorated payment with all other creditors of the same class of the limited liability partnership. (4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not prohibit a payment made as reasonable compensation for current services provided by a partner to the limited liability partnership, to the extent that the payment would be reasonable if paid to an employee who was not a partner as compensation for similar services. (5) A limited liability partnership may base its determination of whether a distribution is prohibited by subsection (2): (a) on financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices and principles that are reasonable in the circumstances; (b) on a fair valuation; or (c) on another method that is reasonable in the circumstances. 2001, c 27, s 2. Recovery of prohibited distributions 84(1) A partner in a limited liability partnership who receives a distribution contrary to section 83 is liable to the partnership for the lesser of: (a) the value of the property received by the partner; and (b) the amount necessary to discharge partnership obligations that existed at the time of the distribution. 31 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (2) Any partners in a limited liability partnership who authorize a distribution contrary to section 83 are jointly and severally liable to the partnership for any amount for which a recipient is liable pursuant to subsection (1), to the extent that the amount is not recovered from the recipient. (3) Proceedings to enforce a liability pursuant to this section may be brought by the limited liability partnership, any partner in the partnership or any person to whom the partnership was obligated at the time of the distribution to which the liability relates. (4) For the purpose of applying The Limitations Act to a claim pursuant to this section, the day on which the act or omission on which the claim is based takes place is the date of the distribution to which the claim relates. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2004, c L‑16.1, s 66. Dissolution of partnership 85(1) On the dissolution of a limited liability partnership, the partnership maintains its status as a limited liability partnership while its affairs are being wound up. (2) A limited liability partnership is deemed, for the purposes of this section and subsection 83(1), to have dissolved and to be winding up its affairs where: (a) the partnership ceases to carry on business; or (b) the partnership is dissolved pursuant to sections 34 to 37. (3) When a limited liability partnership has dissolved and its affairs are being wound up, the court may, on the application of any interested person, make any order respecting the partnership that could be made respecting a corporation pursuant to subsection 16‑4(8) of The Business Corporations Act, 2021. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2021, c 6, s 23‑20. Application for registration 86(1) A partnership consisting of partners who practise in one or more eligible professions may apply to the registrar to be registered as a limited liability partnership. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the governing body of any of the eligible professions in which the partners in the partnership practise has passed a rule or bylaw prohibiting persons who practise in the eligible profession from doing so in a limited liability partnership. (3) A limited partnership shall not be registered as a limited liability partnership. (4) An application must be in a form acceptable to the registrar and must include: (a) the name of the partnership; (b) a description of the eligible professions in which the partners practise; (c) the name and residential address in Saskatchewan of the partner who is designated as the representative of the partnership with respect to matters relating to the partnership; 32 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP (d) the address of the registered office of the partnership in Saskatchewan; (e) the separate post office box, if any, designated as the partnership’s Saskatchewan address for service by mail or a duly executed power of attorney, if any, pursuant to section 21.2 of The Business Names Registration Act; (f) a statement from a person who is authorized by the governing body of the applicable eligible profession to provide the statement certifying that the partnership and the partners meet all applicable eligibility requirements for practice as a limited liability partnership that are imposed pursuant to the Act that regulates the eligible profession; and (g) any other information required by the regulations; (h) Repealed. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 134. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 134. Registration 87(1) If the registrar is satisfied that an applicant for registration as a limited liability partnership meets the requirements of this Act and the regulations, the registrar shall register the applicant and provide the applicant with a certificate of registration. (2) A certificate of registration issued by the registrar is conclusive proof that the limited liability partnership named in the certificate is registered pursuant to this Act without proof of the signature or official position of the person purporting to have signed the certificate. (3) The registration of a limited liability partnership is not adversely affected by a change in the partners in the partnership. 2001, c 27, s 2. Effect of registration 88 Subject to any agreement between the partners, the registration of a partnership as a limited liability partnership does not cause the dissolution of the partnership, and the limited liability partnership continues as the same partnership that existed before the registration. 2001, c 27, s 2. Notice to clients 89 On registration as a limited liability partnership, the partnership shall immediately send to all of its existing clients a notice that advises of the registration and explains in general terms the potential changes in liability of the partners that result from the registration and the operation of this Part. 2001, c 27, s 2. 33 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Registered office and address for service 90(1) A limited liability partnership shall at all times have a registered office in Saskatchewan. (2) A limited liability partnership may designate a separate post office box within Saskatchewan as its address for service by mail. (3) A limited liability partnership’s registered office must be the business premises of the partnership or of a person or firm that has agreed to act as the limited liability partnership’s registered office, and the partnership shall ensure that its registered office is: (a) accessible to the public during normal business hours; and (b) readily identifiable from the information provided in the registration documents or in any notice amending the registration. 2001, c 27, s 2. Partnership list 91 A limited liability partnership shall keep at its registered office a list of the partners in the limited liability partnership and shall immediately provide the following information without charge to any person who requests it: (a) a list of the partners in the limited liability partnership; (b) a list of the persons who were partners in the limited liability partnership on a particular date that is after the date of registration and is specified in the request. 2001, c 27, s 2. Notice of changes 92(1) The registration of a limited liability partnership may be amended by filing with the registrar a notice in a form acceptable to the registrar. (2) Within 30 days after any changes in the information mentioned in clauses 86(4) (a) to (g), the limited liability partnership shall file with the registrar a notice in a form acceptable to the registrar setting out the changes and the effective date of the changes. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 135. Periodic reports 93 A limited liability partnership shall file with the registrar at the times prescribed in the regulations a report containing the information required by the regulations. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 136. 34 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Cancellation of registration 94(1) The registrar may cancel the registration of a limited liability partnership: (a) if the limited liability partnership is in default for the period prescribed in the regulations for complying with section 93; (b) if the limited liability partnership files with the registrar a request in a form acceptable to the registrar that the registration be cancelled; or (c) if the registrar receives a notice from a person who is authorized by the governing body of the applicable eligible profession to provide the notice stating that the limited liability partnership or one or more of the partners no longer complies with clause 86(4)(f). (2) Before cancelling a limited liability partnership’s registration pursuant to clause (1)(a), the registrar: (a) shall give the limited liability partnership 30 days’ notice of the intended cancellation; and (b) may publish notice of the intended cancellation in the Gazette. (3) The registrar shall not cancel the registration if the limited liability partnership remedies the default mentioned in subsection (2) before the expiration of the period mentioned in the notice. (4) Cancellation of the registration of a limited liability partnership affects only a partnership’s registration as a limited liability partnership and does not dissolve the partnership. (5) No partner or partnership shall continue to hold itself out as being a limited liability partnership after cancellation of registration. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2022, c 26, s 19. Name 95(1) The name of a limited liability partnership must include the phrase “Limited Liability Partnership” or its abbreviation “LLP” or “Société à Responsabilité Limitée” or its abbreviation “SRL”, and where the name contains the phrase “Limited Liability Partnership” or its abbreviation “LLP” or “Société à Responsabilité Limitée” or its abbreviation “SRL”, the name must end with those words or that abbreviation. (2) The name of a limited liability partnership or an extraprovincial limited liability partnership shall not be: (a) identical to the name of any other limited liability partnership or any extraprovincial limited liability partnership registered in Saskatchewan; or (b) so similar to the name of any other limited liability partnership or any extraprovincial limited liability partnership registered in Saskatchewan that the only difference is with respect to the phrase or abbreviation required to be included pursuant to subsection (1). 35 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (3) Clause (2)(b) does not apply if the written consent of the limited liability partnership or extraprovincial limited liability partnership mentioned in that clause is filed with the registrar in a form acceptable to the registrar. (4) If a limited liability partnership or an extraprovincial limited liability partnership is registered with a name that does not comply with this section, the registrar may, by notice in writing to the partnership, direct the partnership to change its name to one that complies with this section within 60 days after the date of the notice. 2001, c 27, s 2. Service 96(1) A notice or document required or permitted to be sent to or served on a limited liability partnership may be: (a) delivered to the limited liability partnership’s registered office as shown in the registrar’s records; (b) personally served on the partner who is designated as the representative of the limited liability partnership as shown in the registrar’s records; (c) sent by registered mail to: (i) the limited liability partnership’s registered office as shown in the registrar’s records; (ii) the partner who is designated as the representative of the partnership as shown in the registrar’s records; or (iii) the separate post office box designated as its address for service by mail as shown in the registrar’s records; or (d) delivered or sent by any other manner that may be provided for in the regulations. (2) A notice or document sent by registered mail to a limited liability partnership in accordance with clause (1)(c) or (d) is deemed to be received or served on the earlier of: (a) the day the intended recipient actually receives it; and (b) the time and day or date set out in the regulations. 2001, c 27, s 2. Non-registered status 97 A partnership that has the status of a limited liability partnership pursuant to the laws of a jurisdiction outside Saskatchewan shall be treated as an ordinary partnership with respect to rights and obligations that are acquired or incurred by the partnership pursuant to Saskatchewan laws while the partnership is carrying on business in Saskatchewan before registration as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership pursuant to section 99. 2001, c 27, s 2. 36 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Extra-provincial limited liability partnership 98(1) A partnership may apply to the registrar to be registered as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership if the partnership: (a) has the status equivalent to a limited liability partnership pursuant to the laws of a jurisdiction outside Saskatchewan; and (b) consists of partners that carry on practice, whether through a professional corporation or not, in one or more professions that are eligible professions in Saskatchewan. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the governing body of any of the eligible professions in which the partners in the partnership practise has passed a rule or bylaw prohibiting persons who practise in the eligible profession from doing so in a limited liability partnership. (3) An application must be in a form acceptable to the registrar and must include: (a) the name of the partnership; (b) a description of the eligible professions in which the partners practise; (c) the name and residential address in Saskatchewan of the partner who is designated as the representative of the partnership with respect to matters relating to the partnership; (d) the name of the governing jurisdiction of the partnership; (e) the address of the registered office of the partnership in Saskatchewan; (f) the separate post office box, if any, designated as the partnership’s Saskatchewan address for service by mail or a duly executed power of attorney, if any, pursuant to section 21.2 of The Business Names Registration Act; (g) evidence satisfactory to the registrar of the partnership’s status as a limited liability partnership pursuant to the laws of the governing jurisdiction; (h) a statement with respect to each eligible profession in which the Saskatchewan partners practise from a person who is authorized by the governing body of the applicable eligible profession in Saskatchewan to provide the statement certifying that the partnership and the Saskatchewan partners meet all applicable eligibility requirements for practice as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership that are imposed pursuant to the Act that regulates the eligible profession; and (i) any other information required by the regulations; (j) Repealed. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 137. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 137. 37 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Registration 99(1) If the registrar is satisfied that an applicant for registration as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership meets the requirements of this Act and the regulations, the registrar shall register the applicant and provide the applicant with a certificate of registration. (2) A certificate of registration issued by the registrar is conclusive proof that the extraprovincial limited liability partnership named in the certificate is registered pursuant to this Act without proof of the signature or official position of the person purporting to have signed the certificate. (3) The registration of an extraprovincial limited liability partnership is not adversely affected by a change in the partners in the partnership. 2001, c 27, s 2. Notice to clients 100(1) On registration as an extraprovincial limited liability partnership, the partnership shall immediately send to all of its existing clients of its Saskatchewan practice a notice that advises of the registration and explains in general terms the potential changes in liability of the partners that result from the registration and the operation of this Part. (2) Where an extraprovincial limited liability partnership has sent a notice similar to the notice mentioned in subsection (1) to all of its existing clients as a result of being registered as a limited liability partnership or an extraprovincial limited liability partnership in another jurisdiction, the notice pursuant to subsection (1) is required to be sent only to the clients of the partnership in Saskatchewan. 2001, c 27, s 2. Registered office and address for service 101(1) An extraprovincial limited liability partnership shall at all times have a registered office in Saskatchewan. (2) An extraprovincial limited liability partnership may designate a separate post office box within Saskatchewan as its address for service by mail or may file with the registrar a duly executed power of attorney pursuant to section 21.2 of The Business Names Registration Act. (3) An extraprovincial limited liability partnership’s registered office must be the business premises of the partnership or of a person or firm that has agreed to act as the limited liability partnership’s registered office, and the partnership shall ensure that its registered office is: (a) accessible to the public during normal business hours; and (b) readily identifiable from the information provided in the registration documents or in any notice amending the registration. 2001, c 27, s 2. 38 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Partnership list 102 An extraprovincial limited liability partnership shall keep at its registered office a list of the Saskatchewan partners in the partnership and shall immediately provide without charge the following information to any person who requests it: (a) a list of the Saskatchewan partners in the partnership; (b) a list of the persons who were Saskatchewan partners in the partnership on a particular date that is after the date of registration and is specified in the request. 2001, c 27, s 2. Name 103 The name of an extraprovincial limited liability partnership must contain the words and abbreviations required pursuant to the laws of its governing jurisdiction and must comply with subsection 95(2). 2001, c 27, s 2. Service 104(1) A notice or document required or permitted to be sent to or served on an extraprovincial limited liability partnership may be: (a) delivered to the extraprovincial limited liability partnership’s registered office as shown in the registrar’s records; (b) personally served on the partner who is designated as the representative of the extraprovincial limited liability partnership as shown in the registrar’s records; (c) sent by registered mail to: (i) the extraprovincial limited liability partnership’s registered office as shown in the registrar’s records; (ii) the partner who is designated as the representative of the partnership as shown in the registrar’s records; or (iii) the separate post office box designated as its address for service by mail, as shown in the registrar’s records; or (d) delivered or sent by any other manner that may be provided for in the regulations. (2) A notice or document sent by registered mail to an extraprovincial limited liability partnership in accordance with clause (1)(c) or (d) is deemed to be received or served on the earlier of: (a) the day the intended recipient actually receives it; and (b) the time and day or date set out in the regulations. 2001, c 27, s 2. 39 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Notice of changes 105(1) The registration of an extraprovincial limited liability partnership may be amended by filing with the registrar a notice in a form acceptable to the registrar. (2) Within 30 days after any changes in the information mentioned in clauses 98(3) (a) to (i), the extraprovincial limited liability partnership shall file with the registrar a notice in a form acceptable to the registrar setting out the changes and the effective date of the changes. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 138. Periodic reports 106 An extraprovincial limited liability partnership shall file with the registrar at the times prescribed in the regulations a report containing the information required by the regulations. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 139. Cancellation of registration 107(1) The registrar may cancel the registration of an extraprovincial limited liability partnership: (a) if the extraprovincial limited liability partnership is in default for the period prescribed in the regulations for complying with section 106; (b) if the extraprovincial limited liability partnership files with the registrar a request in a form acceptable to the registrar that the registration be cancelled; (c) if the registrar receives a notice from a person who is authorized by the governing body of the applicable eligible profession in Saskatchewan to provide the notice stating that the extraprovincial limited liability partnership or one or more of the partners no longer complies with clause 98(3)(h); or (d) if the registrar receives a notice from the regulatory official or body in the extraprovincial limited liability partnership’s governing jurisdiction stating that the extraprovincial limited liability partnership no longer has the status of a limited liability partnership in that jurisdiction. (2) Before cancelling an extraprovincial limited liability partnership’s registration pursuant to clause (1)(a), the registrar: (a) shall give the extraprovincial limited liability partnership 30 days’ notice of the intended cancellation; and (b) may publish notice of the intended cancellation in the Gazette. (3) The registrar shall not cancel the registration if the extraprovincial limited liability partnership remedies the default mentioned in subsection (2) before the expiration of the period mentioned in the notice. (4) No partner or partnership shall continue to hold itself out as being an extraprovincial limited liability partnership after cancellation of registration. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2022, c 26, s 19. 40 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP Law of governing jurisdiction applies 108(1) Except as expressly provided in another Act, the law of the governing jurisdiction of an extraprovincial limited liability partnership applies: (a) to the organization and internal affairs of the limited liability partnership; and (b) to the liability of the partners of the limited liability partnership for debts, obligations and liabilities of or chargeable to the partnership. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Saskatchewan partner of an extraprovincial limited liability partnership does not have any greater protection against individual liability with respect to his or her practice in Saskatchewan than a partner in a limited liability partnership would have pursuant to this Part. 2001, c 27, s 2. Offence 109 Every person that carries on business as a limited liability partnership or an extraprovincial limited liability partnership without being registered pursuant to this Act is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $2,000. 2001, c 27, s 2. Regulations 110 For the purposes of this Part, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations: (a) defining, enlarging or restricting the meaning of any word or expression used in this Part but not defined in this Part; (b) respecting applications for registration of limited liability partnerships and extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; (c) respecting the imposition of terms on the registration of a limited liability partnership or an extraprovincial limited liability partnership, including authorizing the registrar to impose terms; (d) governing name requirements for limited liability partnerships and extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; (e) governing reports for the purposes of sections 93 and 106; (e.1) respecting common business identifiers for limited liability partnerships or classes of limited liability partnerships, including: (i) respecting the establishment or adoption of a system of common business identifiers for limited liability partnerships or classes of limited liability partnerships; (ii) prescribing the manner in which common business identifiers are assigned to limited liability partnerships or classes of limited liability partnerships; 41 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (iii) requiring the use by limited liability partnerships or classes of limited liability partnerships of common business identifiers and prescribing the manner in which the common business identifiers are to be used; (iv) authorizing the minister to enter into agreements with the Government of Canada, the government of any other province or territory of Canada or the government of any municipality to integrate or synchronize the system of common business identifiers with a system of common business identifiers used by that other government; (v) authorizing the minister to disclose to the Government of Canada, the government of any other province or territory of Canada or the government of any municipality any information received by the registrar pursuant to this Act for any purpose that is related to the carrying out of any agreement entered into pursuant to subclause (iv) and that the minister considers appropriate and authorizing the minister to delegate the minister’s powers pursuant to this subclause to the registrar; (vi) providing that the regulations made pursuant to this clause prevail in the case of any inconsistency or conflict with any other Act or any regulations made pursuant to another Act; (f) prescribing any other matter or thing that is required or authorized by this Part to be prescribed in the regulations; (g) respecting any other matter or thing that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary to carry out the intent of this Part. 2001, c 27, s 2; 2012, c 21, s 12. PART IV.1 Special Rules respecting Extraprovincial Matters Interpretation of Part 110.1 In this Part: (a) “extraprovincial limited liability partnership” means an extraprovincial limited liability partnership as defined in section 78; (b) “extraprovincial matters” means: (i) matters pertaining to extraprovincial limited liability partnerships set out in Part IV, this Part and in the regulations made pursuant to section 110.3; and (ii) matters pursuant to the laws of another jurisdiction in Canada that are similar to the matters set out in Part IV, this Part and the regulations made pursuant to section 110.3; 42 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP (c) “extraprovincial registrar” means a person in a jurisdiction in Canada who performs a function in that jurisdiction similar to the function that the registrar performs pursuant to this Part; (d) Repealed. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 140. 2012, c 21, s 13; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 140. Agreements 110.2(1) The minister may enter into an agreement with an extraprovincial registrar to address the following matters: (a) the collection by the extraprovincial registrar of applications, information, forms, notices, documents, fees or other things relating to extraprovincial matters mentioned in subclause 110.1(b)(i) for the registrar and any matter relating to the collection of those things and their transmission to the registrar; (b) the collection by the registrar of applications, information, forms, notices, documents, fees or other things pursuant to the laws of another jurisdiction in Canada relating to extraprovincial matters mentioned in subclause 110.1(b)(ii) for the extraprovincial registrar of that jurisdiction and any matter relating to the collection of those things and their transmission to the extraprovincial registrar. (2) An agreement mentioned in subsection (1) may provide for any matter the minister considers appropriate, including describing the powers and duties of the registrar and the extraprovincial registrar with respect to the matters addressed in the agreement. 2012, c 21, s 13. Regulations for Part 110.3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations: (a) classifying or otherwise designating those extraprovincial registrars to which a regulation made pursuant to this section applies; (b) classifying or otherwise designating those extraprovincial limited liability partnerships to which a regulation made pursuant to this section applies; (c) respecting the collection by the registrar of applications, information, forms, notices, documents, fees or other things pursuant to the laws of another jurisdiction in Canada relating to extraprovincial matters mentioned in subclause 110.1(b)(ii) for the extraprovincial registrar and their transmission to the extraprovincial registrar; 43 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 (d) respecting the registration of and other matters pertaining to extraprovincial limited liability partnerships, including regulations respecting: (i) applications for, or amendments of, registration of extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; (ii) periodic and other reports of extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; (iii) changes to the documents relating to the registration of extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; and (iv) the cancellation of registrations of extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; (e) respecting forms that may be required for the purposes of regulations made pursuant to this section; (f) respecting the documentation to be issued by the registrar; (g) Repealed. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 141. (h) respecting the furnishing of applications, information, forms, notices, documents, fees and other things to the registrar; (i) exempting an extraprovincial limited liability partnership from the operation of all or part of Part IV or this Part; (j) providing that a provision of this Act or a provision of a regulation made pursuant to another section of this Act does not apply with respect to extraprovincial limited liability partnerships; (k) respecting the sending to or serving on extraprovincial limited liability partnerships of notices or documents; (l) defining, enlarging or restricting the meaning of any word or expression used in this Part but not defined in this Part. 2012, c 21, s 13; 2013, c O‑4.2, s 141. Regulations prevail 110.4 If there is a conflict or inconsistency between a regulation made pursuant to section 110.3 and another provision of this Act or a regulation made pursuant to another section of this Act, the regulation made pursuant to section 110.3 prevails to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency. 2012, c 21, s 13. 44 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP PART V General Rules of common law and equity 111 The rules of common law and equity applicable to partnerships continue in force except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act. 2001, c 27, s 2. Fees and charges of registrar 112(1) The minister may, by order, establish: (a) the fees, charges and taxes payable with respect to all services provided pursuant to this Act; and (b) the method of payment of those fees, charges and taxes. (2) The minister shall cause notice of the fees, charges and taxes established pursuant to subsection (1) to be published in the Gazette. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the registrar may enter into an agreement with a person to provide a special service to that person if, in the opinion of the registrar, a fee, charge or tax mentioned in subsection (1) is not adequate to allow the registrar to provide that service to the person. (4) If the registrar considers it appropriate or necessary, the registrar may: (a) waive any fees, charges or taxes, in whole or in part; or (b) refund any fees, charges or taxes, in whole or in part. (5) The registrar is not required to perform any function pursuant to this Act or the regulations until the appropriate fee, charge or tax is paid or arrangements for its payment are made. (6) All revenues derived from fees, charges or taxes imposed or collected pursuant to this Act are to be paid to and are the property of the Government of Saskatchewan, unless the Lieutenant Governor in Council directs otherwise. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 142. 45 PARTNERSHIP c P-3 Transitional - activities 113(1) In this section, “former registrar” means the person who was the registrar before the coming into force of this section. (2) Any activity undertaken by the former registrar and not completed before the coming into force of this section may be continued by the registrar after the coming into force of this section as if it had been undertaken by the registrar after the coming into force of this section. (3) Every number, certificate, order, approval, notice and other document that was issued by the former registrar, and every registration, decision or other action made or taken by the former registrar, pursuant to this Act or any other Act that imposes or confers a duty, power or function on the former registrar before the coming into force of this section that is valid on the day before the coming into force of this section is continued and may be dealt with as if it were issued, made or taken by the registrar. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 142. Immunity 114 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no action or proceeding lies or shall be commenced against the Crown, the minister, the registrar, any other person authorized to act on behalf of the registrar or any employee of the Crown if that person is acting pursuant to the authority of this Act or the regulations, for anything in good faith done, caused or permitted or authorized to be done, attempted to be done or omitted to be done by that person or by any of those persons pursuant to or in the exercise or supposed exercise of any power conferred by this Act or the regulations or in the carrying out or supposed carrying out of any responsibility imposed by this Act or the regulations. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 142. Registry 115(1) The documents kept, filed or registered pursuant to this Act form a public registry of the people of Saskatchewan. (2) All information in the registry mentioned in subsection (1) is the property of the Government of Saskatchewan. 2013, c O‑4.2, s 142. 46 c P-3 PARTNERSHIP REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE KING’S PRINTER Copyright©2024