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Condominium Property Act (No. 12 of 1970) - Sect 14

By-laws

14.
(1) A building shall be regulated by by-laws made by the body corporate which shall provide for the control, management, administration, use and enjoyment of the units and of the common property, and shall include-
(a) the by-laws set forth in the First Schedule to this Act which shall not be added to, amended or repealed; and
(b) the by-laws set forth in the Second Schedule to this Act which shall not be added to, amended or repealed except by a three-fourths majority of the total number of members of the body corporate.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), until by-laws are made in that behalf, the by-laws set forth in the First Schedule and Second Schedule to this Act shall, as on and after the registration of a Condominium Plan, be in force for all purposes in relation to the parcel and the units and common property therein.
(3) No addition or amendment or repeal of any by-law pursuant to sub-section (2) shall have effect until the body corporate shall have lodged a copy thereof with the Registrar of Lands, and the Registrar of Lands has made reference thereto on the registered plan.
(4) No by-law or addition to or amendment or repeal of any by-law of a body corporate shall operate to prohibit or restrict the devaluation of units or any transfer, lease, mortgage or other dealing therewith or to destroy or modify any easement implied or created by this Act.
(5) The by-laws of a body corporate shall bind the body corporate and the owners to the same extent as if the by-laws had been signed and sealed by the body corporate and by each owner and contained covenants on the part of each owner with every other owner and with the body corporate to observe and perform all the provisions of the by-laws.
(6) A body corporate shall, on the application of an owner or any person authorized in writing by him, make its by-laws available for inspection.


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