The objects of the Society shall be as under :
a) To obtain conveyance from the Owner/ Promoter Builder, in accordance with the provisions of the Ownership Flats Act and the Rules made there under, of the right, title, and interest, in the land with building/ buildings thereon, the details of which are as hereunder :
The building / buildings known / numbered as _______ constructed on the plot / plots nos_______ / Survey no. _______ / CTS no _______ of _______ ( village / taluka ) admeasuring _______ sq. meters, more particularly described in the application for registration of the Society;
OR (APPLICABLE FOR PLOT PURCHASED TYPE SOCIETY )
a) To buy or take on lease a plot or plots nos_______/Survey no. _______ / CTS no _______ of _______ admeasuring _______ sq. mts. and to construct flats thereon for allotment to the Members of the Society for their authorized use.
OR
a) To purchase a building or buildings known as _______ Constructed on the plot / plots nos / survey no. / CTS no _______ of _______ admeasuring _______ sq. mts. for allotment of flats therein to the Members of the Society for their authorized use.
To manage, maintain and administer the property of the Society;
To raise funds for achieving the objects of the Society;
To undertake and provide for, on its own account or jointly with a cooperative or Other Institution Social, Cultural or Recreational activities;
To provide Co-operative Education and Training to develop co-operative skills of its Members, Committee Members, Officers and Employees of the Society.
To do all things, necessary or expedient for the attainment of the objects of the Society, specified in these bye-laws.
The Name of the Society shall be _____________________________
The Society shall follow the procedure laid down under Section 15 of the Act and Rule 14 of the Rules for the change of its name.
The Society is classified under the major class “Housing” with subclass “Tenant Ownership / Tenant Co-partnership / Other Housing Society.“
The registered address of the Society shall be as under:
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Address for Correspondence (as decided by the Managing Committee)
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Any change in the registered address of the Society shall be intimated by it to the Registering Authority and all others concerned within 30 days of such change.
Any change in the registered address of the Society shall be made after following the procedure laid down in the Rules.
The Society shall exhibit at a conspicuous place at the main entrance of the building, a Board indicating its name, registration number, and registered address.
If there is the single nominee and if he demands payment of the value of Shares and interest of the deceased Member, in the capital/property of the Society, the Society shall acquire the same and pay him the value thereof as provided under the bye-law No.63. If, however, there are more nominees than one and if they demand payment of the value of the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society, the Society shall acquire the same and pay them value thereof as provided under the bye-law referred to above in the proportion mentioned in the nomination form. If no proportion is mentioned in the nomination form, the payment shall be in equal proportions.
If, in the opinion of the Committee, there is only one heir / legal representative of the deceased Member and if he demands payment of the value of the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society, the Society may acquire the same and pay him the value thereof as provided under the bye-law No. 63 after obtaining the indemnity bond referred
to in the bye-law No. 34. If, in the opinion of the Committee, there are more heirs/legal representatives than one and if they demand payment of the value of Shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society, the Society may acquire the same and pay them value thereof in equal proportion as provided under the bye-law No. 66, after obtaining the Indemnity Bond referred to in the bye-law No. 35, from all the heirs/legal representatives
jointly.
A Member, desiring to transfer his shares and interest in the capital/property of the Society shall give 15 days notice of his intention to do so to the Secretary of the Society in the prescribed form, along with the consent of the proposed transferee in the prescribed form.
On receipt of such notice, the Secretary of the Society shall place the same before the meeting of the Committee, held next after the receipt of the notice, pointing out whether the Member is prima-fascia eligible to transfer his shares and interest in the capital/property of the Society, in view of the provisions of Section 29(2)(a) of the Act.
In the event of ineligibility (in view of the provisions of section 29(2)(a) & (b) of the act) of the Member to transfer his shares and interest in the capital/property of the Society, the Committee shall direct the Secretary of the Society to inform the Member accordingly within 8 days of the decision of the Committee.
“No Objection Certificate” of the Society is not required to transfer the shares and interest of the transferor to transferee. However in case such a certificate is required by the transferor or transferee, he shall apply to the Society and Committee of the Society may consider such application on merit, within one month.
A Share Certificate, prescribed in bye-laws, bearing a distinctive number and indicating the name of the Member, the number of shares issued, and the value paid thereon, shall be issued by the Society to every Member for the shares subscribed by him, within a period of six months of the allotment of the shares.
The Committee of the Society shall issue a duplicate share certificate, “So Marked”, on application to its members on production of the following documents.
1. if the share certificate is lost – copy of police complaint lodged, and an affidavit in that regard.
2. if the share certificate is soiled, burnt, torn, disfigured etc. affidavit in that regard.
Every such Share Certificate shall bear the seal of the Society and be signed and by the Chairman, the Secretary and one Member of the Committee, duly authorised by the Committee. The same shall be issued by the Secretary of the Society.
The Authorised Share Capital of the Society shall be Rs __________ divided into __________ shares of Rs. 50 each.
No Member, without the previous permission of the Committee, in writing shall stock or store any kind of goods or materials, which are combustible obnoxious or other goods, for the storing of which requires permit / sanction of the competent authority under any law relating thereto.
No Member shall do or suffer anything to be done in his fiat which may cause
nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to any of the Members of the Society
or carry on practices which may be repugnant to the general decency or
morals of the Members of the Society.
It shall be competent for the Committee either sou-moto or on receipt of the
complaint from any Member, to take steps to stop all such practices referred
to in the bye-law No. 47(a) forthwith.
No Member of the Society shall assign, mortgage or create any charge on his occupancy right in the flat without the previous permission in writing of the Society. Provided that such permission of the Society will not be required for assigning, mortgaging or creating any charge on the occupancy right in the flat for the purpose of obtaining loan, either for purchase of the flat or for liquidating the liability incurred by him for the said purpose by way of loan or advance from the employer or the Member or from the Life Insurance Corporation of India or from a Bank or the Society or any other agency approved by the Commissioner for Co-operation and Registrar, C.S.M.S. Pune.
No Associate Member shall have any rights or privileges of an active Member except as provided under Section 27(2) of the Act and he fulfills the conditions of bye-law 22(a)
A nominal Member shall have no rights such as Member.
On acceptance of the resignation of the Member, under bye-law No. 27, the Society shall acquire the shares and interest of the Member in the capital/ property of the Society and pay him the value thereof as provided under the bye-law No. 66.
The Reserve Fund of the Society shall comprise of —
i. all entrance fees received by the Society from its Members;
ii. all transfer fees received by the Society from its Members on transfers of the shares, along with the occupancy rights;
iii. all premiums received by the Society from its Members on transfers of their interest in the capital or property of the Society;
iv. the amounts carried to the said fund, from year to year, out of the net profit / surplus of that year, subject to the provisions of Section 66 (1) and (2) of the Act;
v. all donations received by the Society, except those received by it for the specific purpose.
The Society shall, while finalizing the accounts for the preceding cooperative year, appropriate all amounts referred to in the bye-law no. 12(a)(i) to (v) to the Reserve Fund of the Society
For facilitating discharge of functions mentioned under the bye-law No. 156 by the Committee, every Member shall allow the Secretary of the Society, accompanied by any other Member of the Committee, to enter upon his flat with prior intimation to the Member, to examine its condition for ascertaining the repairs, if any, necessary. The Secretary of the Society shall make a report to the Committee, indicating therein the particulars of the repairs to be carried out by the Society at its cost and those by the Members at their cost.
On receipt of such report, the committee shall ascertain the cost involved in the repairs, which are required to be carried out by the Society at its cost as provided under the bye-law No. 160(a) and cause the notice to be served on the Member for such period as the Committee thinks adequate, of its intention to carry out the repairs and there-upon the Member concerned shall allow the workmen engaged by the Society directly or through its architect, access to his flat for carrying out the repairs. If the Member concerned fails to give access to his flat, without reasonable and convincing
reasons, the Secretary of the Society shall have authority to enter upon the flat and carry out the work under the Supervision of the Member of the Committee duly authorised by it in that behalf or the architect appointed by the Society.
In respect of the repairs to be carried out by the Member at his cost, the Committee shall cause the notice to be served on the Member, indicating therein, the particulars of repairs necessary at his flat and calling upon him to carry out the repairs to his flat to the satisfaction of the architect approved
by the Society, if any, at his cost, within such period as the Committee may allow. On his failure to comply with the notice, the Secretary of the Society or the architect appointed by the Society shall have authority to enter upon the flat and cause the repairs to be carried out after giving due notice to the Member concerned. The amount spent by the Society on such repairs shall be recoverable from the Member concerned.
A Member shall have the right to inspect free-of-cost books, registers documents etc. as provided in Section 32 (1) of the Act and get copies of the documents as provided under Section 32 (2) of the Act, on payment of the fees prescribed under the bye-law No. 172.
A Member shall be entitled to receive a copy of the Approved Bye-laws, Audit Report of the Society, on payment of charges prescribed thereof.
No Member of the Society, who has been expelled from its Membership, shall be eligible for readmission to Membership in the Society, until expiry of the period of one year from the date of his expulsion, provided that on the recommendations of the meetings of the general body of the Society, the expelled Member may be re-admitted to its Membership, as a special case before the expiry of the period of one year, with the prior permission of the Registering Authority.
The funds of the Society may be raised in one or more of the following ways:
a. by entrance fees,
b. by issue of shares,
c. by loans and subsidies,
d. by deposits,
e. by voluntary donations, (but not from Transferor and Transferee)
f. by contributions towards cost of building or buildings,
g. by fee on transfer of shares, along with the occupancy right, assignment
h. by premium on transfer of occupancy right over the flats,
i. by corpus fund from Promoter Builder
j. by any other mode permitted under these bye-laws,
k. by way of statutory requirements.
l. by way of non-occupancy charges, leasing/hiring of open spaces
m. by way of corpus fund, in case of redevelopment
The Member, duly expelled from Membership of the Society, shall cease to be the Member of the Society with effect from the date on which the resolution of expulsion from the Membership of the Society is approved by the Registering Authority. The forfeiture of shares may take effect simultaneously with expulsion. Handing over vacant possession of the flat by the expelled Member.
The Member, who has been duly expelled from the Membership of the Society, shall not be entitled to continue in occupation of his flat and he shall arrange to hand over peaceful and vacant possession of his flat to the Secretary of the Society, within such period as the Committee may allow. On his failure to do so, he shall be liable to be evicted from his flat. Acquisition of the Shares and interest of the expelled Member.
If the meeting of the general body of the Society has decided not to forfeit the shares, the interest of the expelled Member in the capital/property of the Society and the value thereof shall be acquired by the Society and the value thereof shall be paid to the expelled Member, within 3 months of his handing over possession of his flat or his eviction from it, after following the procedure as laid down under the bye-law No. 66 in respect of payment of the value of the shares and interest in the capital/property of the Society acquired by the Society.
Subject to the provisions of the Section 30 of MCS Act. 1960 bye-law No. 17A or 19, on the Death of a Member, the Society shall transfer the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the Capital/Property of the Society to the Nominee/Nominees and in proportion with the shares and interest held by the deceased Member, in case property is purchased by Member and associate
Member jointly. In the event of death of the Member, Nominee/Nominees shall submit the Application for Membership, within six months from the death of a Member. If there are more than one Nominee, on the death of a Member, such Nominees shall make Joint Application to the Society and indicate the name of the Nominee who should be enrolled as Member. The other nominees shall be enrolled as Joint/Associate Members unless the nominees indicate otherwise.
The nominees shall also file an Indemnity Bond in the prescribed form Indemnifying the Society against any claims made to the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the Capital/Property of the Society by any of them, in case only one nominee is indicated by the Nominees for Membership of the Society.
Note:- In case of acquiring Membership on the basis of Nomination, such Member shall hold the flat/unit in ‘trust’ till all the Legal Heirs are brought on record and shall not have the right to ownership and shall not create third party interest or alienation in any way whatsoever.
Where a Member of the Society dies without making a nomination, or no nominee comes forward for transfer, the Society shall invite within six month from the information of his death, claims or objections to the proposed transfer of Shares and interest of the deceased Member, in the capital/property of the Society, by a public notice, in the prescribed form, exhibited on the notice board of the the Society. It shall also publish such notice in at least two local news papers, having wide circulation. The entire expenses of publication of the notice shall be recoverable from the value of shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society. After taking into consideration the claims or objections received, in response to the said notice, and after making
such inquiries as the committee considers proper in the circumstances prevailing, the committee shall decide as to the person, who in its opinion is the heir or legal representative of the deceased Member. Such a person will be eligible to be a Member of the Society subject to the provisions of the bye-laws Nos. 17(a) or 19, provided that he gives an Indemnity Bond along with his application for Membership in the prescribed form, indemnifying the Society against any claims made to the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/ property of the Society, at any time in future, by any person. If there are more claimants than one, they shall be asked to make the affidavit as to who should become a Member of the Society and such person, named in the affidavit shall furnish the indemnity bond as indicated above along with application for Membership, referred to above. If however, the committee is not able to decide as to the person who is the heir/legal representative of the deceased Member or the claimants do not come to the agreement, as to who should become the Member of the Society, the Committee shall call upon them to produce succession certificate from the Competent Court. If, however, there is no claimant, the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society shall vest in the Society
The liability of the past Members of the Society for the debts of the Society, as they stood on the date of the cessation of his Membership and the liability of the estate of the. deceased Member of the Society for the debts of the Society as they stood on the date of his death shall continue for the period of 2 years from the date of his cessation or death respectively as per the provisions of Section 33(1) of the Act.
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