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69. Accounting and other records to be kept

(1) Every limited liability partnership shall keep such accounting and other records as will sufficiently explain the transactions and financial position of the limited liability partnership and enable profit and loss accounts and balance sheets to be prepared from time to time which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the limited liability partnership.

(2) The limited liability partnership shall retain the accounting and other records referred to in subsection (1) for a period of not less than seven years from the end of the financial year in which the transactions or operations to which those records relate are completed.

(3) The accounting and other records referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept at the registered office or such other place as the partners think fit provided that the Registrar is duly notified of that other place and the accounting and other records shall at all times be open to inspection by the partners.

(4) The Registrar may, by notice in writing to the limited liability partnership or any of its partners, require the limited liability partnership or that partner to produce the accounting and other records referred to in subsection (1) for his inspection within such time and at such place as may be specified in that notice.

(5) subject to the limited liability partnership agreement, the accounts of a limited liability partnership shall not be required to be audited.

(6) if a limited liability partnership fails to comply with subsection (1), the limited liability partnership and every partner of the limited liability partnership commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.