Bye-Laws for Apartment Owners Associations

Bye -Law from Karnataka Apartment Owners Association Act

As Per the Karnataka Apartment Owners Act, the purpose of the Bye-Laws and the norm of framing them are as below .

(1) The administration of every property shall be governed by bye-laws, a true copy of which shall be annexed to the Declaration.  No modification of or amendment to the bye-law shall be valid, unless set forth in an amendment to the Declaration and such amendment is duly recorded and a copy

Thereof is duly filed with the competent authority.

(2) The bye-laws shall provide for the following matters, namely:-

(a)  The election from among the apartment owners, of a Board of Managers, the

number of persons  constituting the same, and that the terms of at least one-third of the

members of such Board shall expire annually: the powers and duties of the Board; the

compensation, if any, of the members of the Board; the method of removal from office of 11

members of the Board; and whether or not the Board may engage  the services of a

Secretary, a Manager or Managing Agent, and specifying which of the powers and

duties granted to the Board by this Act or otherwise may be delegated by the Board to

either or both of them;

(b) method of calling meetings of the apartment owners; what percentage, if

other than a majority of Apartment Owners, shall constitute a quorum;

(c) election of a President from among members of the Board of managers who

shall preside over  the meetings of such Board and of the Association of Apartment

Owners;

(d) election of a Secretary who shall keep a minute book wherein resolutions

shall be recorded;

(e) election of a Treasurer who shall keep the financial records and books of

accounts;

(f) maintenance, repairs and replacement of the common areas and facilities

and payments therefore;

(g) manner of collecting from the apartment owners their share of the common

expenses;

(h) designation and removal of persons employed for the maintenance, repair

and replacement of the common areas and facilities;

(i) the method of adopting and  of amending administrative rules and

regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common areas and

facilities;

(j) such restrictions on the requirements respecting  the use and maintenance

of the apartments and the use of the common areas and facilities not set forth in  the Declaration, as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective apartments and of the common areas and facilities by the several apartment owners; and

(k)  the percentage of the votes required to amend the bye-laws.

(3) The bye-laws may also provide for the following matters namely:-

(a) subject to the provisions of this Act, provision for regulating  transfer or

partition of any apartment and percentage of undivided interest in the common areas

and facilities appurtenant to such apartment, subject to such terms and conditions as

may be specified in the bye-laws:

(b) provisions enabling the Board of Managers to retain certain areas of the

building and lease to non-residents for commercial purposes and for distribution of

resulting proceeds to the apartment owners as income or application thereof in reduction

of their common charges for maintaining the building; and

(c) any other provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, relating

to the audit and accounts and  administration of the property and annual and special

general meetings, annual report and the like.

Sample Bye -Law draft : https://adda.io/blog/sample-bye-laws/