Vidhi Codex

The Meghalaya Apartment Ownership Act, 2016

The Meghalaya Apartment Ownership Act, 2016

General201639 sections

This Act lets people own individual apartments in multi-storey buildings in Meghalaya, together with an undivided share in the common areas and facilities. Apartments can be inherited and transferred. The Act sets out the conditions of ownership, compliance with covenants and bye-laws, works owners may not carry out, encumbrances, and the contents of the deed of apartment.

Start reading →Read full ActSections
  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2. Application
  4. 3. Notwithstanding that provision is made for sanitary, washing, bathing or other conveniences common to two or more apartments, the apartment shall be deemed to be separate and self-contained.
  5. 4. Ownership of apartments
  6. 5. Common areas and facilities
  7. 6. Apartment to be heritable and transferable
  8. 7. Ownership of apartment subject to conditions
  9. 8. Compliance with covenants and bye-laws
  10. 9. Purchasers or lessees to executing undertaking
  11. 10. Certain works prohibited
  12. 11. Sub-lease and its breach
  13. 12. Encumbrances against apartments
  14. 13. Contents of Deed of apartment
  15. 14. Enforcement of transfer
  16. 15. Recording of succession
  17. 16. Registration of deed of apartment
  18. 17. Formation of association
  19. 18. The rights and duties of a promoter shall devolve on the association as soon as the possession of the apartments is handed over to the apartment owners.
  20. 19. No bye-laws and no amendment of the bye-laws shall be valid unless approved by the competent authority and registered with it.
  21. 20. Action
  22. 21. Control and supersession
  23. 22. The affairs of the administrator may be extended from time to time but not more than three years in all.
  24. 23. No waiver of liability
  25. 24. Common expenses a charge
  26. 25. Liability on transfer etc
  27. 26. The apartment shall not be sold subject to a charge in excess of the amount set forth in such statement.
  28. 27. Recovery
  29. 28. Separate assessments
  30. 29. Insurance
  31. 30. Powers and duties of competent authority
  32. 31. Appellate authority and appeals
  33. 32. Revision
  34. 33. Provided further that no revision application will be entertained when an appeal has been or could have been filed against the order.
  35. 34. Act binding on apartment owners etc
  36. 35. Penalty for Breach
  37. 36. Removal of doubts
  38. 37. Powers to make rules
  39. 38. Transfer of apartments to be subject to the Provisions of the Land Transfer Act

PDF: pending for this language.