West Ben. Act XVI of 1972. — The West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972

West Ben. Act XVI of 1972. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XXXIV of 20011 THE WEST BENGAL APARTMENT OWNERSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the President of India was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 7th March, 2003.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called theWest Bengal Apartment Ownership (Amendment) Act, 2001. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. For section 2 of the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted:— · "Application 2. This. Act shall apply to every building which is of the Act. or is proposed to be used, mainly for residential purposes, and the sole owner or all the owners of every such building shall submit the same to the provisions of this Act by duly executing and registering a declaration setting out the particulars referred to in section 10: Provided that the State Government may exempt, by a general or special order, any such owner for submitting such building to the provisions of this Act: 'For proceedings of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, see the proceedings of the ,neeting of that Assembly held on the 12th December, 2001. Short title and commencement. Substitution of new section for section 2 of West Ben. Act XVI of 1972. Amendment of section 16A. (Section 3.) Provided further that notwithstanding such exemptions, the other provisio