State of Madhya Pradesh - Act
The M.P. Prakoshtha Swamitva Rules, 1976
MADHYA PRADESH
India
India
The M.P. Prakoshtha Swamitva Rules, 1976
Rule THE-M-P-PRAKOSHTHA-SWAMITVA-RULES-1976 of 1976
- Published on 17 February 1977
- Commenced on 17 February 1977
- [This is the version of this document from 17 February 1977.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
1. Short title.
- These rules may be called the Madhya Pradesh Prakostha Swamitva Rules, 1976.2. Definitions.
- In these rules unless the context requires otherwise :-3. Declaration under Section 2.
- The declaration to be executed and registered under Section 2 by the owner or all the owners shall be in Form A'.4.
[x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.]5. Conveyance of apartments.
- All transfers of apartment by the sole owner or all the owners of the property (being an owner or owners who has or have executed and registered a declaration in Form A') to an apartment owner and subsequent transfers from an apartment owner to his transferee shall be by a Deed of Apartment.6. Parties to a Deeds of Apartment.
- In the case of the first Deed of Apartment, the party of the first part shall be either the sole owner or all the owners of the property who has or have executed and registered the declaration in Form 'A' and the party of the second part shall be apartment owner in the case of subsequent Deeds of Apartment, the party of the first part shall be the apartment owner and the party of the second part shall be his transferee.7. Contents of Deeds of Apartment.
8. Form of book under Section 13 (3) and of index thereto.
9. Form of Memorandum under Section 13 (4).
- The memorandum required to be filed by the Manager or Board of Managers for the purpose of sub-section (4) of Section 13 shall be in Form 'E'.Form 'A'[See Rule 3]In the........................... (here enter name of city, town, village, tehsil and district)......................on this...........day of..........19...(here enter name of sole owner or all the owners) hereinafter referred to as Grantor who is fully empowered and qualified to execute this Deed docs hereby state.First. - That the Grantor owns the following land situated in the............(here enter city, village, tehsil, district which is described as follows, namely :-Inter meters-and-bounds description of land upon which the building is constructed and add the City Survey or Cadastral Survey Number or Survey Number, also state the date and registration details of the last document of title under which the grantor claims the land.Second. - That the Grantor has constructed on the parcel of land described above a building known as.....................(here enter name of building); according to the plans attached hereto as exhibit A' which were approved by the...........................(here insert name of local authority) on the...................day of......... 19 and which are made a part thereof. The Municipal or Ward No., Street No., House No. are as follows.......................The postal address of the building is.....................Third. - That the said building consists of a basement, [a ground floor and] [To be filled in.] [upper floor.] [This should be retained, if applicable.] The ground floor will be used for commercial facilities, [or other common purposes] [To be retained, if applicable.]. [The ground and] [To be filed in.] ................................ upper floors consists of individual apartments all for residential purposes. The...................upper floors are all capable of individual utilisation on account of having their own exit to a common area and facility of the building, and the apartments will be sold to one or more owners each owner obtaining a particular and exclusive property right thereto and each apartment constituting a heritable and transferable, immovable property within the meaning of any law for the time being in force in the State (hereinafter referred to as "family unit"), and also an undivided interest in the general and/or restricted common areas and facilities of the building, as listed hereinafter in this Deed, necessary for their adequate use and enjoyment and hereinafter referred to as "general and/or restricted areas and common facilities, all of the above in accordance with the Madhya Pradesh Prakoshtha Swamitva Adhiniyam, 1976.Fourth. - That the aforesaid building has a total building area of [........] [To be filled in.]square meters of which..........................square meters will constitute family units, and square meters will constitute general and/or restricted common areas and facilities.Fifth. - That this condominium shall be known as "The [..........................] [Here insert name of building such as Anand Villa.] condominium" and that the family units and common areas and facilities of the building will be as follows :-1. Family Units. - Upper floors-In each of the ........................... upper floors, there are .................. family units. The said family units will be numbered consecutively from one to ........................... on each floor. The numbers will be preceded by the tenth which corresponds to each floor to with those of the first floor will bear the numbers "101", "102", etc., those of the second floor will bear the numbers "201", "202", etc., and those of the higher floors will be numbered similarly according to the corresponding tenth of each floor. Hereinafter such family units will be referred to as Family Units Type Number one, Family Unit Type Number Two etc. respectively.
[Each family unit is equipped with] [Describe air conditioning units, fans geysers, if any, and other equipment which is attached to or is a part of the family unit.]The family units are described herein below. The measures of a family unit include all the outside walls and one-half of the block partitions but exclude bearing walls.2. Common areas and facilities. - (a) The parcel of land described in paragraph First of this Deed.
(a)The parcel of land described in paragraph first of this Deed.(b)[A basement as shown in Exhibit A attached hereto and consisting of..................square metres.] [To be retained, when necessary only.](c)[The following facilities located in the basement.] [To be retained, when necessary only.][...................................................] [Describe in detail the itemi located in the basement.](d)Parking facilities as shown in Exhibit A attached hereto and consisting of........................square metres.(e)The ground floor as shown in Exhibit A attached and consisting of a garden lawn, children playing area, swimming pool, tennis or badminton court etc., admeasuring ................................. square metres respectively.(f)The following facilities located in the ground floor ;-Chapter I
1. Short title and application. - (1) These bye-laws may be called the bye-laws of the...................condominium.
2. Definitions. - In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires :-
3. Apartment Ownership. - The building located at ............... street, city/town/village of............in the...............District................known as.....................Condominium is submitted to the provisions of the Act.
4. Objects of Association. - (1) The objects of the Association shall be-
(a)to be and to act as the Association of Apartment Owners of the building called ................... at ................. (herein called "the said building") who have filed their respective declaration submitting their apartments to the provisions of the Act;(b)to invest or deposit moneys;(c)to provide for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities by contributions from the apartment owners, and if necessary, by raising loans for that purpose;(d)to retain and rent or licence, if possible, suitable portions of the common are as to outsides for commercial purposes, and to distribute the common profits left after deducting the common expenses amongst the apartment owners as common profits or accumulate the same for building up a reserve fund;(e)to provide for and do all the and any of the matters provided to sub-section (2) of Section 16;(f)to advance, with the consent of the apartment owners, any short term loans to any apartment owners in case of any emergent necessity, and to provide for repayment thereof in lump-sum or in instalments;(g)to establish and carry on, on its own account, or jointly with individuals or institutions, educational, physical, social and recreative activities for the benefit of the apartment owners;(h)to frame rules, with the approval of the general meeting of the Association and after consulting the Competent Authority and may establish a provident fund and gratuity fund, if necessary, for the benefit of the employees of the Association;(i)to do all things necessary or and otherwise provide for their welfare expedient for the attainment of the objects specified in these bye-laws.5. Members of Association. - (1) All persons who have purchased apartments in the .........................condominium and executed respective Declarations under Section 5 submitting their apartments to provisions of the Act shall automatically to be the members of the Association and shall pay the sum of one rupee as entrance fee and may purchase at least one share of the face value of Rs. 100 each. Each apartment owner shall receive a copy of the bye-laws on payment of one rupee.
6. Joint apartment owners. - Where an apartment has been purchased by two or more persons jointly, they shall be jointly entitled to the apartment and the shares of the Association shall be issued in their joint names, but the person whose name stands first in the share certificate shall alone have the right to vote.
7. Holding of one share compulsory. - Every apartment owner must hold at least one share of the Association (joint apartment owners holding the shares jointly).
8. [ Disqualification. [Substituted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.] - No apartment owner shall be entitled to vote on the questions of the election of members of the Board of the President, Secretary, Treasurer or any other office-bearer or be entitled to stand for election to such office, if he is in arrears of any sum due from him in respect of his contribution for the common expenses for more than sixty days as on the last day of the year preceding the year in which the election of the Board would take place.]
Chapter II
Voting, Quorum and Proxies
9. Voting. - Voting shall be on a percentage basis, and the percentage of the vole to which the owner is entitled is the percentage assigned to the family unit or units in the Declaration.
10. Quorum. - Except or otherwise provided in these bye-laws the presence in person of majority of owners shall constitute a quorum.
11. Votes to be cast in person. - Votes shall be cast in person.
Chapter III
Administration
12. Powers and duties of Association. - The Association will have the responsibility of administering the..............Condominium, approving the annual budget, establishing and collecting monthly assessments and arranging for the management of the condominium in an efficient manner. Except as otherwise provided, resolutions of the Association shall require approved by a majority of owners, casting votes in persons.
13. Place of Meeting. - Meetings of the Association shall be held at suitable place convenient to the owners as may from time to time be designated by the Association.
14. Annual Meetings. - The first annual meeting of the Association shall be held on................. (date). Thereafter, the annual meetings of the Association shall be held on the .................... (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th)(monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.) of....................(month) each succeeding year. At such meetings there shall be detected by ballot of the apartment owners a Board of Managers in accordance with the requirements of bye-law 23. The owners may also transact such other business of the Association as may properly come before them.
15. Special meetings. - It shall be the duty of the President to call a special meeting of the apartment owners as directed by a resolution of the Board or upon a petition signed by a majority of the owners and having been presented to the Secretary or at the request of the Housing Commissioner, or as the case may be, the Registrar or any officer duly authorised by him in this behalf. The notice of any special meeting shall state the time and place of such meeting and the purpose thereof. No other business shall be transacted at a special meeting except as stated in the notice without the consent of four-fifths of the owners present in person.
16. Notice of meeting. - It shall be the duty of the Secretary to mail or send a notice of each annual or special meeting, starting, the purpose thereof as well as the time and place where it is to be held, to each apartment owner, at least 2 but not more than 7 days prior to such meeting. The mailing or sending of a notice in the manner provided in this bye-laws shall be considered notice served. Notice of all meetings shall be mailed or sent to the Housing Commissioner, or as the case may be the Registrar.
17. Adjourned meetings. - If any meeting of owners cannot be organised because a quorum has not attended the owners who are present, may adjourn the meeting to a time not less than forth-eight hours from the time the original meeting was called. If at such adjourned meeting also, no quorum is present the owners present in person being nor less than two shall form a quorum.
18. Order of Business. - The order of business at all meetings of the owners of units shall be as follows :-
Chapter IV
Board of Managers
19. Management of Association. - the affairs of the Association shall be governed by a Board [x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.],
20. Powers and duties of Board. - The Board [x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.] shall have the powers and duties necessary for the administration of the affairs of the Association, and may do all such acts and things as are by law or by these bye-laws directed to be exercised and done by the owners.
21. Other duties. - In addition to duties imposed by these bye-laws or by resolutions of the Association, the Board shall be responsible for the following, that is to say :-
22. Manager. - The Board may employ for the Association, a Manager at a compensation determined by the Board to perform such duties and services as the Board shall authorise including, but not limited to the duties listed in bye-law 21.
23. Election and term of office. - At the first annual meeting of the Association, the term of office of two managers shall be fixed for three years. The term of office of two managers shall be fixed at two years, and the term of office of one Manager shall be fixed at one year. At the expiration of the initial term of office of each respective Manager, his successor shall be elected to serve a term of three years. The managers shall hold office until their successors have been elected and hold their first meeting. [(If a larger Board is contemplated, the terms of office should be established, in a similar manner so that they will expire in different years.)] [Substituted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.]
24. Vacancies. - Vacancies in the Board of Managers caused by any reason other than the removal of a Manager by a vote of the Association shall be filled by vote of the majority of the remaining managers, even though they may constitute less than a quorum, and each person so elected shall be a Manager until a successor is elected at the next annual meeting of the Association.
25. Removal of managers. - At any regular or special meeting duly called any one or more of the managers may be removed with or without cause by a majority of the apartment owners and a successor may then and there be elected to fill the vacancy thus created. Any Manager whose removal has been proposed by the owners shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting.
26. Organisation meeting. - [The first meeting of a newly elected Board] [Substituted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.] shall be held within ten days of election at such place as shall be fixed by the managers at the meeting at which such managers were elected and no notice shall be necessary to the newly elected managers in order legally to constitute such meeting, provided a majority of the whole Board shall be present.
27. Regular meetings. - Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such time and place as shall be determined, from time to time, by a majority of managers, but at least two such meetings shall be held during each year. Notice of regular meetings of the Board shall be given to each Manager, personally or by mail, or telephone, at least three days prior to the day named for such meetings.
28. Special meetings. - Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on three days notice to each Manager, given personally or by mail or telegraph which notice shall state the time, place (as hereinabove provided) and purpose of the meeting, special meetings of the Board shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of at least three managers.
29. Waiver of notice. -Before or at any meeting of the Board any Manager, may, in writing, waive notice of such meeting and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance by a Manager at any meeting of the Board shall be a waiver of notice by him of the time and place thereof. If all the managers are present at any meeting of the Board, no notice shall be required and any business may be transacted at such meeting.
30. Quorum. - At all meetings of the Board, one third of the total strength of the Managers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the acts of the Managers present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board. If, at any meeting of the Board, there be less than quorum present the majority of these present may adjourn the meeting from time to time. At any such adjourned meeting any business which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called may be transacted without further notice, provided there is a quorum present.
31. Fidelity bonds. - The Board may require that all officers and employees of the Association handing or responsible for Association funds shall furnish adequate fidelity bonds. the premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the Association.
Chapter V
Officers
32. Designation. - The Principal Officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected by and from the Board [x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981]. The Board may appoint an Assistant Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary, and such other Officers as in their judgement may be necessary (in the case of an Association of one hundred owners or less, the offices of Treasurer and Secretary may be filled by the same person).
33. Election of Officers. - The Officers of the Association shall be elected annually by the Board [x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981] at the organisation meeting of each new Board and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.
34. Removal of Officers. - Upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board any officer may be removed, cither with or without cause, and his successor elected at any special meeting of the Board called for such purpose.
35. President. - The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, he shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Board. He shall have all of the general powers and duties which are usually vested in the office of President of an Association, including, but not limited to the powers to appoint committees from among the owners from time to time as he may in his discretion decide to be appropriate to assist in the conduct of the affairs of the Association.
36. Vice-President. - The Vice-President shall take the place of the President and perform his duties whenever the President shall be absent or unable to act. If neither the President nor the Vice-President is able to act, the Board shall appoint some other members of the Board to act on an interim basis, the Vice-President shall perform such other duties as shall from time to time be imposed upon him by the Board.
37. Secretary. - The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board and the minutes of all meetings of the association, he shall have charge of such books and papers as the Board may direct; and he shall, in general, perform all the duties incidental to the office of Secretary.
38. Treasurer. - the Treasurer shall be responsible for Association funds and securities and shall also be responsible for keeping full and accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Association. He shall be responsible for the deposit of all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit, of the Association in such depositories nay from time to time be designated by the Board of Managers.
Chapter VI
Obligations of the Apartment Owners
39. Assessments. - All owners are obliged to pay monthly assessments imposed by the Association to meet all expenses relating to the .............condominium, which may include an insurance premium for a policy to cover repair and reconstruction work in case of hurricane, fire, earthquake or other hazard or calamity. The assessments shall be made pro-rata according to the value of the unit owned, as, stipulated in the Declaration. Such assessments shall include monthly payments to a General Operating Reserve and a Reserve Fund for Replacements.
40. Maintenance and repair. - (1) Every owner must perform promptly, all maintenance and repair work within his own unit, which it omitted would affect the....................Condominium an entirely or in a part belonging to other owners, being expressly responsible for the dames and liabilities that his failure to do so may endanger.
41. Use of family units-internal changes. - (1) All units (except units on the [...................] [Here specify number of apartment, if any, used for commercial purposes.]) shall be utilised for residential purposes only.
42. Use of common areas and facilities and restricted common areas and facilities. - (1) An owner shall not place or cause to be placed in the lobbies, vestibules, stairways, elevators and other areas of ..................Condominium and facilities of a similar nature both common and restricted, any furniture, packages or objects of any kind. Such areas shall be used for no other purpose than for normal transit through them.
43. Right of entry. - (1) An owner shall grant the right of entry to the Manager or to any other person authorised by the Board of the Association in case of any emergency originating in or threatening his unit, whether the owner is present at the time or not.
44. Rules of conduct. - (1) No resident of the..................condominium shall post any advertisement, or posters of any kind in or on the building except as authorised by the Association.
Chapter VII
Funds and their Investments
45. Funds. -Funds may be raised by the Association in all or any of the following ways, namely :-
46. Investment. - The Association may invest or deposit its funds in one or more of the following :-
47. Affiliation. - Should there by any Federation of apartment owners in the locality in which the.........................condominium is situate, the Association may, after consulting the Competent Authority, become a member thereof, and pay the sums from time to time payable to such Federation under the rules thereof.
48. Accounts. - (1) A banking account shall be opened by the Association into which all moneys received on behalf of the Association, shall be paid, provided that the Secretary may retain in his personal custody an amount not exceeding Rs. 100 for petty expenses. All payments above Rs. 20, shall be made by cheques signed by the Secretary, and one member of the Board [x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.],
49. Publication of accounts and reports. - A copy of the last financial statement and of the report of the auditor, if any, shall be kept in a conspicuous place in the office of the Association.
50. Appointment of Auditor. - The Association shall appoint at its general meeting, an auditor who shall audit the accounts of the Association to be prepared by the Board as hereinbefore provided and with the accounts relating thereto and shall either sign the same as found by him to be correct, duly vouched and in accordance with law, or specially report to the Association in what respect he finds it incorrect, un-vouched or not in accordance with law.
51. Power of Auditor. - The Auditor shall be entitled to call for and examine any papers or documents belonging to the Association relating to the common areas and facilities (including limited common areas and facilities) and common expenses and shall make a special report to the Association upon any matter connected with the accounts which appears to him to require notice.
Chapter VIII
Mortgage
52. Notice to Association. - An owner who mortgages his unit, shall notify the Association through the Manager, if any, or the President of the Board in the event there is no Manager, the name and address of his mortgager; and the Association shall maintain such information in a book entitled "Mortgagees of Units".
53. Notice of unpaid assessments. - The Association shall at the request of a mortgagee of a unit report any unpaid assessments due from the owner of such unit.
Chapter IX
Compliance
54. Compliance. - These bye-laws are set forth to comply with the requirements of the Madhya Pradesh Prakoshtha Swamitva Adhiniyam, 1976. In case, any of these bye-laws conflict with the provisions of the said Act, it is hereby agreed and accepted that the provisions of the Act will apply.
55. Seal of the Association. - The Association shall have a common seal which shall be in the custody of the Secretary, and shall be used only under the authority of a resolution of the Board [x x x] [Omitted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.] and every deed instrument to which the seal is affixed shall be attested for or on behalf of the Association by two members of the Board and the Secretary or any other person authorised by the Association in that behalf.
Chapter X
Amendments to Plan of Apartment Ownership56. Amendment of bye-laws. - These bye-laws may be amended by the Association in a duly constituted meeting for such purpose and no amendment shall take effect unless approved by owners representing at least 75 per cent of the total value of all units in the................ Condominium as shown in the Declaration.
Form 'B'[x x x] [Omitted by Notification No 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981.]Form 'C'[See Rule 8(1)]Register of Declaration and Deeds of Apartment| S.No. | Date of application forRegistration | Name of owner ofapartment |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Address | Date of declaration | Date of Registration of thedeclaration |
| (4) | (5) | (6) |
| Percentage of undivided interest in common areasand facilities | Date of Deed of Apartment | Date of registration of the Deed of Apartment | Price of Apartment settled | Date of payment of price |
| (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| Name of the[apartment owner] [Substituted by Notification No. 2889-994-XXXII-1-80, dated 7-9-1981] | Place of residence | Situation ofproperty | Apartment No., floor of the building and name ofthe building |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Nature of Deed (i.e.sDeclaration or Deed ofApartment and consideration | Date of | Serial No. volume and page | Remarks |
| Execution | Registration | ||
| (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |