Cap. 168 Art. 18Where certificate of registration is not issued.

Unless and until a certificate of registration is issued under this Ordinance in respect of a partnership en nom collectif or until the date indicated in a certificate of registration as the date on which a partnership en nom collectif shall come into existence -

(a) any two or more persons carrying on business under a name falsely implying the existence of a partnership shall have, as against one another and limitedly to property acquired from such business, such rights only as are by law conferred on joint owners;

(b) any obligation contracted in favour of third parties in good faith under a name falsely implying the existence of a partnership shall be jointly and severally binding on those persons who, if a certificate as aforesaid had been issued, would have been partners carrying on business under that name.