Q.M, a minor, is admitted to the benefits of a partnership firm at the age of 15, with the consent of all the existing partners. M attains majority (18 years) on 1 January 2026, but gives no public notice of his election either way until 1 September 2026. What is M's legal position, and why?

Section 30 gives a minor only a six-month window after attaining majority to elect his position by public notice; failing to do so within that window has a specific, automatic consequence.

Step 1 — Identify the applicable rule. Section 30 requires a minor who has been admitted to the benefits of partnership to elect, within six months of attaining majority, by giving public notice, whether he wishes to become a full partner or to sever his connection with the firm.

Step 2 — Apply the six-month deadline. M attained majority on 1 January 2026, so his six-month window to give public notice expired on 1 July 2026. He gave no notice at all by that date (his eventual notice, if he ever gives one, on 1 September 2026 is already outside the statutory window).

Step 3 — Apply the consequence of failing to elect. Where a minor who has attained majority fails to give public notice within the six-month window, he is deemed to have become a full partner in the firm on the expiry of that period. …