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The Meghalaya Apartment Ownership Act, 2016 (Meghalaya Act NO.5 of 2016)

Meghalaya

An Act to provide for the ownership of an individual apartment in a building together with an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment and to make such apartment and interest heritable and transferable. Whereas it is expedient to provide in the State of Meghalaya for the ownership of an individual apartment in a building together with an undivided interest in the common areas facilities appurtenant to such apartment, and to make such apartment and interest heritable and transferable and for enforcement of obligations on promoters and apartment owners and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Sixty seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Act number
5 of 2016
Ministry
Meghalaya Law Department
Department
Law Department
Enacted
23 Jul 2016
In force from
25 Jul 2016

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Open on India Code Check against the official text before relying on it.

38 sections

  1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. Section 2Application
  3. Section 3Definitions.
  4. Section 4Ownership of apartments.
  5. Section 5Common areas and facilities
  6. Section 6Apartment to be heritable and transferable.
  7. Section 7Ownership of apartment subject to conditions.
  8. Section 8Compliance with covenants and bye-laws.
  9. Section 9Purchasers or lessees to executing undertaking.
  10. Section 10Certain works prohibited.
  11. Section 11Sub-lease and its breach.
  12. Section 12Encumbrances against apartments.
  13. Section 13Contents of Deed of apartment.
  14. Section 14Enforcement of transfer
  15. Section 15Recording of succession.
  16. Section 16Registration of deed of apartment.
  17. Section 17Formation of association.
  18. Section 18Bye-Laws.
  19. Section 19Disposition of property on destruction or damage
  20. Section 20Action.
  21. Section 21Control and supersession
  22. Section 22Common profits, common expenses and other matters.
  23. Section 23No waiver of liability.
  24. Section 24Common expenses a charge.
  25. Section 25Liability on transfer etc.
  26. Section 26Liabilities under other laws.
  27. Section 27Recovery
  28. Section 28Separate assessments
  29. Section 29Insurance
  30. Section 30Powers and duties of Competent authority.
  31. Section 31Appellate authority and appeals.
  32. Section 32Revision
  33. Section 33Bar on Jurisdiction
  34. Section 34Act binding on apartment owners etc.
  35. Section 35Penalty for Breach.
  36. Section 36Removal of doubts.
  37. Section 37Powers to make rules.
  38. Section 38Transfer of apartments to be subject to the Provisions of the Land Transfer Act.