(1) The owner of each apartment may create any encumbrance, only against the apartment owned by him and the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment in the same manner and to the same extent as may be created in relation to any other separate parcel of property subject to individual ownership:
Provided that where any such encumbrance is created, the apartment in relation to which such encumbrance has been created shall not be partitioned or subdivided.
(2) No labour performed or material furnished with the consent, or at the request, of an apartment owner or his agent or his contractor or sub-contractor, shall be the basis for a charge or any encumbrance under the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, against the apartment or property of any other apartment owner not expressly consenting to, or requesting, the same, except that such express consent shall be deemed to be given by the other apartment owner in case of emergency repairs thereto.
(3) The labour performed and material furnished for the common areas and facilities, if duly authorized by the association of allottees in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or the bye-laws, shall be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each apartment owner and shall be the basis for a charge or encumbrance under the Act aforesaid against each of the apartments and shall be subject to the provisions of sub-section (4).
Compliance with the covenants and bye-laws.
Encumbrances against apartments.
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(4) In the event of a charge or any encumbrance against two or more apartments becoming effective, the apartment owners of the separate apartments may remove their apartments and the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartments from the charge or encumbrance on payment of the fractional or proportional amounts attributable to each of the apartments affected and on such payment, the apartment and the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto shall be free of the charge or encumbrance so removed:
Provided that such partial payment shall not prevent the person having a charge or any of the encumbrances from proceeding to enforce the rights, in relation to the amount not so paid, against any other apartment and the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment.
(5) On any such payment, discharge or other satisfaction, referred to in subsection (4), the apartment and the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto shall be free and clear of the charge or encumbrances, so paid, satisfied or discharged.
7. Any benefit of additional built–up area relevant to the apartment due to change in Development Control Norms or any other reason as the case may be, shall be passed on to the association of allottees.