INTRODUCTION 1
PEN PICTURE OF THE DELHI ACT 7
DELHI APARTMENT OWNERSHIP ACT, 1986
CHAPTER I : PRELIMINARY
Short title, extent and commencement 9
Application 10
Definitions 12
CHAPTER II : OWNERSHIP, HERITABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF APARTMENTS
Ownership of Apartments 25
Apartment to be heritable and transferable 32
Ownership of apartment subject to conditions 36
Compliance with the covenants and bye-laws 37
Right of re-entry 37
Purchasers or persons taking lease of apartments from apartment
owners to execute an undertaking 46
Benamidar of the apartment to be deemed to be the real owner 46
Certain works prohibited 47
Encumbrances against apartments 47
CHAPTER III : DEED OF APARTMENT AND ITS REGISTRATION
Contents of Deed of Apartment 50
Registration of Deed of Apartment 55
CHAPTER IV : ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS AND BYE-LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF SUCH ASSOCIATION
Association of Apartment owners and bye-laws relating thereto 56
Insurance 62
Disposition of property, destruction or damage 63
Action 64
CHAPTER V : COMMON PROFITS, COMMON EXPENSES AND OTHER MATTERS
Common profits, Common expenses and other matters 65
Apartment owner not to be exempt from liability for contribution by
waiver of the use of the common areas and facilities 66
Common expenses to be a charge on the apartment 67
Separate assessments 67
Joint and several liability of vendor etc., for unpaid common expenses 69
CHAPTER VI : MISCELLANEOUS
Act to be binding on apartment owners, tenants, etc. 69
Power to exempt stamp duty, registration fee and Court fees and
power to refund 73
Removal of doubts 75
Power to make rules 75
APPENDICES
Deed of Apartment executed by the Promoter 77
Articles of Association of the building Association of Apartment Owners 80
Bye-laws of Apartment Owners' Association 83
Bye-laws of the Association of Apartment Owners in the multi-storeyed
building known as registered under the Cooperative Societies Act in force
in Delhi 97
Agreement between Promoter and Apartment Owner 114
Sale deed executed by the Promoter in favour of an Apartment owner 125
Agreement between Promoters and an architect, or a firm of architects
for preparation of drawings etc. for erection of buildings 130
Memorandum of the Association of the Association Pvt. Ltd. 132
Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970 135
Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction,
Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 149
Karnataka Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction,
Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1972 164
Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972 173
Karnataka Apartment Ownership Rules 185
U.P. Ownership of Flats Act, 1975 212
U.P. Ownership of Flats Rules, 1987 219
New York Act, vis-a-vis Indian Act 227
Sale of immovable property 233
Mortgages of immovable property and charges 237
Lease 239
Gifts 243
Hindu Succession Act (XXX of 1956) 244
Indian Succession Act, 1925 246
Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908) 257
Delhi Development Act, 1957 260
Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 300
Delhi Rent Control Rules, 1959 336
Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956 344
SUBJECT INDEX 364