Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970

The Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970

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Act ID:	197115
Act Number:	15
Enactment Date:	1971-02-19
Act Year:	1971
Short Title:	The Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970
Long Title:	An Act to provide for the ownership of an individual apartment in a building and to make such apartment heritable and transferable property.
Ministry:	Ministry of Govt of Maharashtra
Department:	Housing Department
Type:	STATE
Location:	Maharashtra


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Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2. Application of Act.
Section 3. Definitions.
Section 4. Status of apartments.
Section 5. Ownership of apartments.
Section 6. Common areas and facilities.
Section 6A. Re-development of apartments.
Section 6B. Summary eviction of apartment owners in certain cases.
Section 7. Compliance with convenants, bye-laws and administrative provisions.
Section 8. Certain work prohibited.
Section 9. Encumbrances against apartments ; removal from encumbrances, effect of part payment.
Section 10. Common profits and expenses.
Section 11. Contents of Declaration.
Section 12. Contents of Deeds of Apartments..
Section 12A. Amendment in contents of Declaration or Deed of Apartments.
Section 13. Declarations, Deeds of Apartments and copies of floor plans to be registered.
Section 14. Removal from provisions of Act.
Section 15. Removal no bar to subsequent resubmission of property to Act.
Section 16. Bye-laws, their contents.
Section 16A. Filing of complaint with the Authority.
Section 16B. Appeal to Co-operative Court.
Section 17. Waiver of use of common areas and facilities ; abandonment of apartment.
Section 18. Separate assessment.
Section 19. Charge for property of common expenses.
Section 20. Joint and several liability of vendor, etc., for unpaid common expenses.
Section 21. Insurance.
Section 22. Disposition of property ; destruction or damage.
Section 23. Action.
Section 24. Act to be binding on apartment owners, tenants, etc.
Section 24A. Power to exempt from stamp duty, registration fee and court-fees ; power to refund.
Section 25. Power to make rules.
Section 26. Removal of doubt.
Section 27. Amendment to certain Acts.
Section 28. Severability.


Schedule 1. SCHEDULE Order Appendix Forms

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
04-03-2020	In Act Chapter X, in bye-law 56 for the figures and words “75 per cent.” the figures and words “51 per cent.” shall be substituted.
28-09-2022	15A, Special meeting to take decision regarding sections 6, 6A, 8, 11, 12, 14 and 22.

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