REAL ESTATE AGENT CHANDIGARH

As per Rules  of Chandigarh Real Estate General Rules 2016 Notified by Indian Govt on 31.10.2016

Rule 8 :Application for registration by the real estate agent.

(1) Every real estate agent required to register as per sub-section (2) of section 9 shall make an application in writing to the Authority in Form ‘G’, in triplicate, until the application procedure is made web based, along with the following documents, namely:-

(a) the brief details of his enterprise including its name, registered address, type of enterprise (proprietorship, societies, partnership, company etc.);

(b) the particulars of registration (whether as a proprietorship, partnership, company, society etc.) including the bye-laws, memorandum of association, articles of association etc. as the case may be;

(c) name, address, contact details and photograph of the real estate agent, if it is an individual and the name,
address, contact details and photograph of the partners, directors etc. in case of other entities;

(d) the authenticated copy of the PAN card of the real estate agent;

(e) the authenticated copy of the address proof of the place of business.

(2) The real estate agent shall pay a registration fee at the time of application for registration by way of a demand draft or a bankers cheque drawn on any scheduled bank or through online payment, as the case may be, for a sum of ten thousand rupees in case of the applicant being an individual or fifty thousand rupees in case of the applicant other than an individual.

Rule 9 : Grant of registration to the real estate agent.

 (1) On receipt of the application under rule 8, the Authority shall within a period of thirty days either grant registration to the real estate agent or reject the application, as the case may be:
Provided that the Authority may grant an opportunity to the real estate agent to rectify the defects in the application within such time period as may be specified by it.

(2) Upon the registration of a real estate agent, the Authority shall issue a registration certificate with a registration number in Form ‘H’ to the real estate agent.

(3) In case of rejection of the application, the Authority shall inform the applicant in Form ‘I’.

(4) The registration granted under this rule shall be valid for a period of five years.

Rule 10. Renewal of registration of real estate agent.—

(1) The registration granted to a real estate agent under the Act, may be renewed, on an application made by the real estate agent in Form ‘J’, in triplicate, until the application procedure is made web based, which shall not be less than three months prior to the expiry of the registration granted.

(2) The application for renewal of registration shall be accompanied with a demand draft or a bankers cheque drawn on any scheduled bank or through online payment, as the case may be, for a sum of five thousand rupees in  case of the real estate agent being an individual or twenty five thousand rupees in case of the real estate agent other than an individual.

(3) The real estate agent shall also submit all the updated documents set out in clauses (a) to (e) of sub-rule (1) of rule 8 at the time of application for renewal.

(4) In case of renewal of registration, the Authority shall inform the real estate agent about the same in Form ‘K’ and in case of rejection of the application for renewal of registration the Authority, shall inform the real estate agent in Form ‘I’:

Provided that no application for renewal of registration shall be rejected, unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter:

Provided further that the Authority may grant an opportunity to the real estate agent to rectify the defects in the application within such time period as may be specified by it.

(5) The renewal granted under this rule shall be valid for a period of five years.

Rule 11. Revocation of registration of real estate agent.—

The Authority may, due to reasons specified under sub-section (7) of section 9, revoke the registration granted to the real estate agent or renewal thereof, as the case may be, and intimate the real estate agent of such revocation in Form ‘I’.

Rule 12. Books of accounts, records and documents.—

The real estate agent shall maintain and preserve its books of account, records and documents in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), as amended from time to time, and the rules made thereunder.

Rule 13  Other functions of a real estate agent.—

The real estate agent shall provide assistance to enable the allottee and promoter to exercise their respective rights and fulfil their respective obligations at the time of booking and sale of any plot, apartment or building, as the case may be.