Section 6(1) in Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995
(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, a promoter who intends to construct or constructs a building of apartments, all or some of which are to be taken or are taken on ownership basis, or who intends to offer for sale plots in a colony, shall, before he accepts any sum of money as advance payment or deposit, which shall not be more than twenty five per cent of the sale price, enter into a written agreement for sale with each of such persons who are to take or have taken such apartments, or plots, as the case may be, and the agreement shall be in the prescribed form together with prescribed documents and shall be registered under the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act No. 16 of 1908) :Provided that, if only a refundable application fee is collected from the applicant before draw of lots for allotment, such agreement will be required only after such draw of lots.
