(a) The Secretary of the State may propound to any limited partnership, domestic or foreign, subject to the provisions of this chapter and to any general partner or limited partner thereof, such interrogatories as may be reasonably necessary and proper to enable said secretary to ascertain whether such limited partnership has complied with the provisions of this chapter applicable to such limited partnership. Such interrogatories shall be answered within thirty days after the mailing thereof, or within such additional time as shall be fixed by said secretary, and the answers thereto shall be full and complete and shall be made in writing and under oath. If such interrogatories are directed to a specific person they shall be answered by that person, and, if directed to a limited partnership, they shall be answered by a general partner thereof.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 34-13d

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership, foreign limited partnership, trust, estate, association, limited liability company or corporation. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9
  • State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Connecticut General Statutes 34-9

(b) Each limited partnership, domestic or foreign, and each general partner and limited partner of a limited partnership, domestic or foreign, failing or refusing within the time prescribed by this section to answer truthfully and fully interrogatories duly propounded to such partnership or partner by the Secretary of the State, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

(c) Interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of the State and the answers thereto shall not be open to public inspection, nor shall said secretary disclose any facts or information obtained therefrom except insofar as the official duties of said secretary may require the same to be made public, or if such interrogatories or the answers thereto are required for evidence in any criminal proceedings or in any other action by this state.