Securities And Exchange Board Of India - Subsection
Section 2(1)(c) in Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012
(c)"associate" means a company or a limited liability partnership or a body corporate in which a director or trustee or partner or Sponsor or Manager of the Alternative Investment Fund or a director or partner of the Manager or Sponsor holds, either individually or collectively, more than fifteen percent of its paid-up equity share capital or partnership interest, as the case may be;