44. Liability of firms and partners

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, when any firm, existing or dissolved is liable to pay tax under this Act, such firm as well as each of the partners of such firm shall be jointly and severally liable to pay such tax.

(2) When any partner retires from a firm before it is dissolved, he shall be liable to pay the tax, if any, remaining unpaid at the time of his retirement and also the tax, leviable up to the date of his retirement though it may be unassessed on that date.