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Section 42: Dissolution on the happening of certain contingencies
Subject to contract between the partners a firm is dissolved–
- (a) if constituted for a fixed term, by the expiry of that term;
- (b) if constituted to carry out one or more adventures or undertakings, by the completion thereof;
- (c) by the death of a partner; and
- (d) by the adjudication of a partner as an insolvent.
Source: official text of The Indian Partnership Act, 1932 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932.