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(1) A partner shall cease to be a partner in the firm in the event of,

(a) his death;

(b) his becoming an alien enemy during time of war;

(c) an insolvency order being made against him under the provisions of the Insolvency Act, 1962 (Act 153).

(2) If the other partners so elect in writing, a partner shall cease to be a partner in the firm if he suffers his interest in the partnership to be charged under section 20 of this Act for his separate debt.

(3) A partnership agreement may validly provide that on the occurrence of any of the events therein specified any partner shall cease to be a partner either automatically or at the option of the other partners.

(4) On application by a partner the Court may order that any partner shall cease to be a partner in the firm in any of the following cases, that is to say,

(a) when such partner is shown to the satisfaction of the Court to have become permanently of unsound mind;

(b) when such partner is shown to the satisfaction of the Court to have become in any other way permanently incapable of performing his part of the partnership agreement;

(c) when such partner has been guilty of such conduct as, in the opinion of the Court, regard being had to the nature of the firm's business, is calculated prejudicially to affect the carrying on of the business;

(d) when such partner wilfully or persistently commits a breach of the partnership agreement, or otherwise so conducts himself in matters relating to the firm's business that it is not reasonably practicable for the other partners to carry on the business in partnership with him;

(e) whenever circumstances have arisen which, in the opinion of the Court, render it just and equitable that such partner should cease to be a partner in the firm.

(5) Application to the Court on any of the grounds specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of the immediately preceding subsection may be made by any partner.

(6) Application on any of the grounds specified in paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (4) of this section may not be made by the partner whose conduct is alleged to justify the making of an order that he shall cease to be a partner.

(7) Subject to any agreement between the partners, if the partnership is for an undefined term or has become a partnership at will in accordance with section 36 of this Act, a partner may at any time retire from the firm by giving notice in writing to the other partners of his intention to retire, and thereupon such partner shall cease to be a partner in the firm as from the date mentioned in the notice as the date of retirement or, if no date is so mentioned, as from the date of the communication of the notice.

(8) A partnership agreement may validly provide that any partner may retire from the partnership in the manner therein specified and on retirement in accordance with such provisions the partner shall cease to be a member of the firm.

(9) On any partner ceasing to be a partner he or any other partner may publicly notify the same, and may require the other partner or partners to concur for that purpose in all necessary or proper acts, if any, which cannot be done without his or their concurrence.