GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative — The West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XXXVI of 1997 THE WEST BENGAL APARTMENT OWNERSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1997. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature:] [Assent of the President of India was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary; of the IOth November; 1998.] [IOth November, 1998.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972. West Ben. Act XVI of 1972_ WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act; 1972, for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Forty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows: 1. (1) This Actmay be calledthe West Bengal Apartment Ownership Short title (Amendment) Act; 1997. and commence- ment: (2) Itshall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. In section 7 ofthe West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act; 1972, Amendment of section 7 after the words "or impair any easement or hereditament" , the words "or of West Ben shall add any material structure O excavate any additional basement r Act XVI of 1972. cellar without first obtaining the consent; in writing, of all the other apartment owners shall be inserted. 323