Minors admitted to the benefits of partnership

Minors admitted to the benefits of partnership.--(1) A person who is a minor according to the law to which he is subject may not be a partner in a firm, but, with the consent of all the partners for the time being, he may be admitted to the benefits of partnership.

1. (2) Such minor has a right to such share of the property and of the profits of the firm as may be agreed upon, and he may have access to and inspect and copy any of the accounts of the firm.
2. (3) Such minor's share is liable for the acts of the firm, but the minor is not personally liable for any such act.
3. (4) Such minor may not sue the partners for an account or payment of his share of the property or profits of the firm, save when severing his connection with the firm, and in such case the amount of his share shall be determined by a valuation made as far as possible in accordance with the rules contained in section 48: Provided that, all the partners acting together or any partner entitled to dissolve the firm upon notice to other partners may elect in such suit to dissolve the firm, and thereupon the Court shall proceed with the suit as one for dissolution and for settling accounts, and the amount of the share of the minor shall be determined along with the share of the partners.
4. (5) At any time within six months of his attaining majority, or of his obtaining knowledge that he had been admitted to the benefits of partnership, whichever date is later, such person may give public notice that he has elected to become or that he has elected not to become a partner in the firm, and such notice shall determine his position as regards the firm: Provided that, if he fails to give such notice, he shall become a partner in the firm on the expiry of the said six months.
5. (6) Where any person has been admitted to the benefits of partnership in a firm, the burden of proving that a person had no knowledge of such admission in a firm until the expiry of six months of his attaining majority to such person shall lie on the persons asserting the fact.