Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where an allotment, sale or other transfer of an apartment has been made within the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, in pursuance of any promise of payment, or part payment, of the consideration thereof, the allottee shall not become entitled to the ownership of that apartment or to the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment, until full payment in respect of common expenses has been made of the consideration thereof, along with any amounts in respect of common expenses and payment of Government and municipal taxes incurred by the promoter before the formation of the association, together with interest if any due thereon. (2) If there is a dispute about the amount payable by the allottee to the promoter, the dispute shall be decided by the competent authority, but the allottee will be entitled to possession without waiting for the dispute to be decided. If after final payment as aforesaid has been made, any expenses are incurred by the promoter for providing any requirement imposed by the Government or the local authority, such as fire-fighting equipment, it shall be recoverable from the apartment owners, where any such allottee has been inducted into the possession of such apartment or any part thereof on certain term and conditions in pursuance of such allotment, sale or other transfer, he shall continue to remain in possession thereof on the same terms and conditions: Provided if a person has entered into a hire purchase agreement with the promoter and has been inducted into the possession of an apartment on certain terms and conditions, he shall continue to remain in possession thereof on the same terms and conditions.