Provided that no direction, decision or order of the Authority under this section shall take effect until the expiry of the period of appeal provided under the provisions of this Act.

Registration of Real Estate Agents Registration of Real Estate Agents.-(1) No real estate agent shall facilitate the sale or purchase of or act on behalf of any person to facilitate the sale or purchase of any plot or building, as the case may be, in a real estate project or part of it, being the part of the real estate project registered under section 3, being sold or intended to be sold by the promoter without obtaining registration under this section.

1. (2) Every real estate agent shall make an application to the Authority for registration in such form, manner, within such time and accompanied by such fee and documents as may be prescribed.
2. (3) The Authority shall, within such period, in such manner and satisfying itself of the fulfilment of such conditions, as may be prescribed,-
   • (a) grant registration to the real estate agent;
   • (b) reject the application for reasons to be recorded in writing, if such application does not conform to the provisions in this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder: Provided that no application shall be rejected unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.
3. (4) Where on the completion of the period specified under sub-section (3), if the applicant does not receive any written communication about the deficiencies in his application or the rejection of his application, he shall be deemed to have been registered.
4. (5) Every real estate agent who is registered as per the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations made thereunder, shall be granted registration number by the Authority, which shall be quoted by the real estate agent in every sale facilitated by him under this Act.
5. (6) Every registration shall be valid for such period, as may be prescribed, and shall be renewable for such period, in such manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed:
6. (7) Where any real estate agent who has been granted registration under this Act commits breach of any of the conditions thereof or any other terms and conditions specified under this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder, or where the Authority is satisfied that such registration has been secured by the real estate agent through misrepresentation or fraud, the Authority may, without prejudice to any other provisions under this Act, revoke the registration or suspend the same for such period, as it thinks fit: