(1) When a tenant co-partnership co-operative housing society (hereinafter referred to as the society) has granted each member the right of exclusive occupation of a particular apartment in a building belonging to it, and no member is without an apartment for occupation, the society, by a resolution passed at its general body meeting, may decide to transfer the ownership right of each apartment to the member already having the right of the exclusive occupation and to convert itself into a service cooperative housing society for the management of the common areas and facilities and for this purpose the society shall execute separate conveyance deeds of apartments in favour of each member and thereafter the society shall be deemed to be the association and its management committee shall be deemed to be the Board for the purposes of this Act.
(2) When a tenant ownership co-operative housing society has granted each member separate parcels of land in the layout plan for exclusive occupation and construction of residential house, and no member is without a parcel of land for occupation, Co-operative society as association.
the society by a resolution passed at its general body meeting may decide to transfer the ownership right of each parcel of land to the member already having the right of occupation, and to convert itself into a service co-operative housing society for the management of the common areas and facilities and for this purpose the society shall execute in favour of each member a conveyance deed of parcel of land already in his exclusive occupation and thereafter the society shall be deemed to be the association and its management committee shall be deemed to be the Board for the purposes of the Act.
(3) When a service co-operative housing society has been formed by the apartment owners for the management, maintenance and upkeep of the common areas and facilities, such society shall be deemed to be the association and its managing committee shall be deemed to be the Board for the purposes of this Act.
19. An association shall have the following powers and functions, namely: -
(a) the right of access to apartments under section 5;
(b) the responsibility for the administration and management of the property and maintenance and upkeep of the common areas and facilities and common services under section 17;
(c) the power to repair, reconstruction or rebuilding of the property which is damaged or destroyed under section 21;
(d) the power to take action relating to the common areas and facilities or on behalf of two or more apartment owners under section 22;
(e) the responsibility for assessment of the share in the common expenses chargeable to each apartment under section 24;
(f) the liability for any breach of law in respect of the common areas and facilities under section 28;
(g) the power to recover amounts from apartment owners or other persons, and right to apply to the collector for recovery of unpaid amounts as an arrear of land revenue under section 29;
Powers and functions of an association.
(h) the duty to collect Government and municipal taxes from the apartment owners for remittance to Government or local authority under section 30;
(i) the duty to arrange for insurance under section 31; and
(j) such other powers and functions as may be prescribed.