{
  "$schema": "https://govschema.org/spec/v0.3/govschema.schema.json",
  "govschemaVersion": "0.3.0",
  "id": "mu/cbrd/limited-liability-partnership-change-of-name",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "title": "Mauritius Notice of Change of Name of a Limited Liability Partnership (Form S20/F LLP5)",
  "description": "The Corporate and Business Registration Department (CBRD)'s \"Notice of Change of Name of a Limited Liability Partnership\", Form S20/F LLP5, prescribed under section 20 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2016 and distributed directly and unauthenticated from the Department's own downloadable-forms page. An already-registered Limited Liability Partnership's partner(s) file this notice to change the partnership's registered name, identifying the existing record by its registered number, category, and date of registration before stating the proposed new name. This schema does not submit the filing itself; the live source and the Department's own current requirements are always authoritative. GovSchema is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Government of Mauritius or its Corporate and Business Registration Department.",
  "status": "draft",
  "jurisdiction": {
    "country": "MU",
    "level": "national"
  },
  "authority": {
    "name": "Corporate and Business Registration Department",
    "abbreviation": "CBRD",
    "url": "https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/"
  },
  "process": {
    "type": "application",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "source": {
    "url": "https://companies.govmu.org/cbrd/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/NOTICE-OF-CHANGE-OF-NAME-OF-A-LIMITED-LIABILITY-PARTNERSHIP_LLP5.pdf",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-07-25",
    "documentRef": "NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME OF A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP (Section 20), Form S20/F LLP5, Corporate and Business Registration Department, 1 page, text-layer PDF (no AcroForm annotations)."
  },
  "verification": {
    "method": "manual-source-review-v1",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-25",
    "verifiedBy": "GovSchema Engineering (Standards Engineer)",
    "nextReviewBy": "2027-01-25",
    "notes": "See VERIFICATION.md for the full write-up: source fetch/hash, extraction method (positional text-layer extraction plus a canvas render to confirm the three small identification boxes and the two footer checkboxes are officer-only marks), and the existing-record identification block (Registered No., Category, Date of Registration) directly analogous to the already-published Limited Partnerships Act sibling (mu/cbrd/limited-partnership-change-of-name, LP5)."
  },
  "maturity": {
    "level": "structural-reference",
    "criteria": {
      "structuralReference": true,
      "verifiedSchema": false,
      "agentReadySchema": false,
      "executionTestedSchema": false
    },
    "method": "maturity-self-assessment-v1",
    "assertedBy": "GovSchema Engineering (Standards Engineer)",
    "assertedAt": "2026-07-25"
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "existing_partnership_identification",
      "title": "Section 20 — Existing Limited Liability Partnership Identification",
      "fields": [
        "presentNameOfLimitedLiabilityPartnership",
        "registeredNo",
        "category",
        "dateOfRegistration"
      ],
      "next": "proposed_name"
    },
    {
      "id": "proposed_name",
      "title": "Proposed Name Requested",
      "fields": [
        "proposedNameOfLimitedLiabilityPartnership"
      ],
      "next": "declaration"
    },
    {
      "id": "declaration",
      "title": "Declaration by Partner(s)",
      "fields": [
        "declarationDate",
        "signatureOfPartner",
        "nameOfPartner"
      ],
      "next": "presented_by"
    },
    {
      "id": "presented_by",
      "title": "Presented By",
      "fields": [
        "presentedByName",
        "presentedByAddress",
        "presentedByReference"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "presentNameOfLimitedLiabilityPartnership",
      "label": "Present Name of Limited Liability Partnership",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "\"Present name of Limited Liability Partnership ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "registeredNo",
      "label": "Registered No.",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The Limited Liability Partnership's own registered number, printed in its own bordered box directly beneath the present-name entry, used by the Department to positively identify the existing record being renamed.",
      "sourceRef": "\"Registered No. ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "category",
      "label": "Category",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "\"Category ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "dateOfRegistration",
      "label": "Date of Registration",
      "type": "date",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "\"Date of Registration ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "proposedNameOfLimitedLiabilityPartnership",
      "label": "Proposed Name of Limited Liability Partnership",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The new name requested for the Limited Liability Partnership, printed in its own bordered box beneath the existing-record identification block. Unlike its Limited Partnerships Act sibling (LP5), which labels this field only \"Name of Limited Partnership\", this form explicitly prints \"Proposed Name\" for the requested new name.",
      "sourceRef": "\"Proposed Name of Limited Liability Partnership ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "declarationDate",
      "label": "Date",
      "type": "date",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "\"Date: ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "signatureOfPartner",
      "label": "Signature of Partner(s)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "classification": "pii",
      "description": "The form prints a single \"Signature of partner(s): ______\" line; the plural \"(s)\" allows for more than one partner to sign but, same as the LP5 sibling, the form itself prints no 'attach a separate sheet' boilerplate for additional signatures here, so this is modelled as a single field matching the form's own single printed line. Unlike its Limited Partnerships Act sibling, which prints \"general partner(s)\" throughout (reflecting that Act's general/limited partner distinction), this Limited Liability Partnerships Act form prints only \"partner(s)\", since the 2016 Act does not distinguish a general-partner role.",
      "sourceRef": "\"Signature of partner(s): ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "nameOfPartner",
      "label": "Name of Partner(s)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "classification": "pii",
      "sourceRef": "\"Name of partner(s): ______\""
    },
    {
      "name": "presentedByName",
      "label": "Presented By — Name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "classification": "pii",
      "description": "The form's own 'Presented by' block is printed as a two-line run ('Name: ______' plus a second blank continuation line directly beneath it) to accommodate a long filer/firm name; modelled as one field, matching the source's own single logical entry — same convention as every other CBRD schema in this registry.",
      "sourceRef": "\"Presented by: Name: ______\" (two printed lines)"
    },
    {
      "name": "presentedByAddress",
      "label": "Presented By — Address",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "classification": "pii",
      "description": "Printed as a two-line run for the same reason as presentedByName.",
      "sourceRef": "\"Address: ______\" (two printed lines)"
    },
    {
      "name": "presentedByReference",
      "label": "Presented By — Reference",
      "type": "string",
      "required": false,
      "description": "A filer's own internal file/matter reference, printed as a single optional blank line distinct from the Department's own '(For office use)' column (Officer's Name, Sig, Date, Other fees) and the header 'FOR OFFICE USE' box (Document Folio), neither of which is modelled. Two small unlabeled checkboxes are printed beside the footer's 'Sheet ___ of ___ (for office use)' line, confirmed via canvas render to be officer-only administrative marks, same as the LP5 sibling — not modelled.",
      "sourceRef": "\"Reference: ______\""
    }
  ]
}