Explanation
Following are a few features of a Joint Hindu Family Business:
1. The business does not require any agreement as membership is by birth, i.e. minor can also be a member.
2. It is governed by the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
3. The maximum number of members is unlimited in Joint Hindu Family Firm.
4. Being a Hindu undivided family there must be a minimum of two related family members.
As per section 13 (d) of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, a partner making, for the purposes of the business, any payment or advance beyond the amount of capital he has agreed to subscribe, is entitled to interest thereon at the rate of six percent per annum.
All the partners of the firm have the right to be repaid by the firm in respect of the payments made and the liabilities incurred by him in the ordinary and proper conduct of the business of the firm. This also includes the performance of an act in an emergency for protecting the firm from a loss, if the payments, liability and action are such as a prudent man would make, incur or perform in his case, under similar circumstances.
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