(4) Relief under subsection (3) shall not be granted except on such service and publication of notice of the application as the court may order, nor shall relief be given in respect of any contract if any party to the contract proves to the satisfaction of the court that, if the provisions of this Act had been complied with, he would not have entered into the contract.
(5) This section shall not prejudice the rights of any other party as against the defaulter referred to in subsection (1) in respect of a contract mentioned in that subsection.
(6) If any action or proceedings shall be commenced by any other party against the defaulter referred to in subsection (1) to enforce the rights of a party in respect of that contract, this section shall not preclude the defaulter from enforcing in that action or proceedings, by way of counterclaim, set-off or otherwise, such rights as he may have against that party in respect of that contract.
(7) Without prejudice to the powers of the court to grant the relief referred to in subsection (3), if any proceedings to enforce any contract are commenced by a defaulter referred to in subsection (1) in a District Court or Magistrate’s Court, the District Court or Magistrate’s Court may, as regards that contract, grant relief under this section.
(8) In this section, “court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof.
Inspection
31.—(1) The Registrar may authorise in writing any officer or employee of the Authority or any public officer to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Registrar or any inspector shall, for the purposes of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are being complied with, have power at all reasonable times to enter any premises at which he has reason to believe any person is carrying on business as a limited partnership and to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary for those purposes.
(3) The Registrar and every inspector when exercising any power under this Act shall declare his office and shall produce his authority in writing to any person affected by the exercise of that power.
(4) Any person who fails to comply with a request made by the Registrar or an inspector or resists or obstructs the Registrar or an inspector in the performance of his duties under this Act shall be guilty of
