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Section 22: Disposition of property ; destruction or damage.

The Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970State Act of Maharashtra · Act 15 of 1971

If within sixty days of the date of damage or destruction to all or part of the property, it is not determined by [the Association of Apartment Owners by majority] to repair, reconstruct or rebuild, then and in that event,-

(a) the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners ;

(b) the undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of the undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities ;

(c) any encumbrances affecting any of the apartments shall be deemed to be transferred in accordance with the existing priority to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as provided therein ;

(d) the property shall be subject to an action for partition at the suit of any apartment owner, in which even the net proceeds of sale together with the net proceeds of the insurance on the property, if any, shall be considered as one fund and shall be divided among all the apartment owners in percentage equal to the percentage of undivided interest owned by each owner in the property after first paying out, all the respective shares of the apartment owners to the extent sufficient for the purpose and all charges on the undivided interest in the property owned by each apartment owner.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Apartment Ownership Act, 1970
Section22
Marginal noteDisposition of property ; destruction or damage.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Mah. 41 of 2018. These words were substituted for the words "Association of Apartment Owners" by Mah. 41 of 2018, s. 8.

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