Civil Code · Book IV: Obligations and Contracts · Title IX: Partnership

Article 1864

Chapter 4: Limited Partnership

Unamended since 1950

Current text, as of October 24, 2026

The certificate shall be cancelled when the partnership is dissolved or all limited partners cease to be such.

A certificate shall be amended when:

(1) There is a change in the name of the partnership or in the amount or character of the contribution of any limited partner;

(2) A person is substituted as a limited partner;

(3) An additional limited partner is admitted;

(4) A person is admitted as a general partner;

(5) A general partner retires, dies, becomes insolvent or insane, or is sentenced to civil interdiction and the business is continued under article 1860;

(6) There is a change in the character of the business of the partnership;

(7) There is a false or erroneous statement in the certificate;

(8) There is a change in the time as stated in the certificate for the dissolution of the partnership or for the return of a contribution;

(9) A time is fixed for the dissolution of the partnership, or the return of a contribution, no time having been specified in the certificate, or

(10) The members desire to make a change in any other statement in the certificate in order that it shall accurately represent the agreement among them.

Consolidated by Alleba from the text of Republic Act No. 386 (Lawphil and the Supreme Court E-Library). Book I provisions on marriage, family relations and parental authority were repealed by the Family Code (Executive Order No. 209, 1987) and are shown for reference only. For information and research only, and not legal advice. For certified copies, refer to the Official Gazette or the issuing agency.