No Registration of Property under projects which requires registration with MahaRERA till registration of project
As per the Govt of Maharashtra notification dated 20th Sept, 2019, agreement for sale of any apartments will be done only if the project is registered or exempted from registration. In other words, the Agreement in respect of unregistered projects which requires registration with MahaRERA will not be registered by the sub-registrar till such projects are registered. Thus to register an agreement for sale, builder has to register the project with Maha RERA. Text of Relevant Sections is as follows:-
Section-3.
(1) No promoter shall advertise, market, book, sell or offer for sale, or invite persons to purchase in any manner any plot, apartment or building, as the case may be, in any real estate project or part of it, in any planning area, without registering the real estate project with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority established under this Act:
Provided that, projects that are ongoing on the date of commencement of this Act and for which the completion certificate has not been issued, the promoter shall make an application to the Authority for registration of the said project within a period of three months from the date of commencement of this Act:
Provided further that, if the Authority thinks necessary, in the interest of allottees, for projects which are developed beyond the planning area but with the requisite permission of the local authority, it may, by order, direct the promoter of such project to register with the Authority, and the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations made there under, shall apply to such projects from that stage of registration.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no registration of the real estate project shall be required-
(a) where the area of land proposed to be developed does not exceed five hundred square meters or the number of apartments proposed to be developed does not exceed eight inclusive of all phases:
Provided that, if the appropriate Government considers it necessary, it may, q reduce the threshold below five hundred square meters or eight apartments, as the case may be, inclusive of all phases, for exemption from registration under this Act;
(b) where the promoter has received completion certificate for a real estate project prior to commencement of this Act;
(c) for the purpose of renovation or repair or re-development which does not involve marketing, advertising selling or new allotment of any apartment, plot or building, as the case may be, under the real estate project.
Explanation.– For the purpose of this section, where the real estate project is to be developed in phases, every such phase shall be considered a standalone real estate project, and the promoter shall obtain registration under this Act for each phase separately.
44. Certain requirements to be verified before accepting a document for registration.‑
(1) Before accepting any document for registration,4 registering officer may not concern himself with its validity, but shall ascertain –
(a) ……
(b)…….
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(i) that if the transaction which is intended by the document, is prohibited by any existing Act of Central or State Government, then the true copy of requisite permission or No Objection Certificate from the Competent Authority under the said act, has been attached along with the document and that the document is not written in contradiction with any vital term or condition mentioned in that permission or No Objection Certificate.
Text of the Notification is as follows:-
