Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement.

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.

  • Act 16 of 2016
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
About this Act

An Act to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Authority for regulation and promotion of the real estate sector and to ensure sale of plot, apartment or building, as the case may be, or sale of real estate project, in an efficient and transparent manner and to protect the interest of consumers in the real estate sector and to establish an adjudicating mechanism for speedy dispute redressal and also to establish the Appellate Tribunal to hear appeals from the decisions, directions or orders of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority and the adjudicating officer and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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    (1) This Act may be called the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
     Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.
    

Notes

1. 1st May, 2016, vide notification No. S.O. 1544(E), (Except ss. 3 to 19, 40, 59 to 70, 79 & 80) dated 26th April, 2016, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
1st May, 2017, vide notification No. S.O. 1216(E), ss. 3 to 19, 40, 59 to 70, 79 to 80, dated 19th April, 2017, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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