Partnership Act 1961 s 3
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s 3 Definition of partnership
(1) Partnership is the relation which subsists between persons carrying on business in common with a view of profit.
(2) The relation between members of any company or association which is—
(a) registered as a company under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125] or as a co-operative society under any written law relating to co-operative societies; or
(b) formed or incorporated by or in pursuance of—
(i) any other law having effect in Malaysia or any part thereof; or
(ii) any letters patent, Royal Charter or Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, is not a partnership within the meaning of this Act. Certain circumstances not prima facie partnerships
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Perkongsian ialah perhubungan yang wujud di Takrif antara orang-orang yang menjalankan urusan bersama perkongsian. dengan tujuan untuk mendapat keuntungan.
[Bah. II, S. 3-4] Akta 125. Keadaankeadaan tertentu yang bukan perkongsian prima facie.
(2) Perhubungan di antara anggota-anggota sesuatu syarikat atau persatuan yang-
(a) didaftarkan sebagai suatu syarikat di bawah Akta Syarikat 1965 atau sebagai suatu koperasi di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis berhubungan dengan koperasi; atau
(b) ditubuhkan atau diperbadankan oleh atau menurut—
(i) mana-mana undang-undang lain yang berkuatkuasa di Malaysia atau manamana bahagiannya; atau (iї) sesuatu surat kurnia, Piagam Diraja atau Akta Parlimen United Kingdom, bukanlah suatu perkongsian dalam erti Akta ini.
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Text as at 1 June 2000 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
