AGREEMENT TO SELL PROPERTY

An Agreement to sell is that the initiative taken towards purchase of a property.

This facilitates bother free transfer of property supported the terms and processes
that are already mentioned and in agreement to between the vendor and therefore
the vendee.
Sale and buy of stabile property needs right smart time for completion of method
and compliance of varied obligations, since the stakes square measure high. Thence
each the parties have to be compelled to return to an agreement relating to the
thought quantity, mode of payment and time period. The terms in agreement
square measure place in writing within the style of an agreement, that is
understood as Agreement to Sell. The Agreement to Sell is ruled by the supply of
the Indian Contract Act 1872 and therefore the Transfer of Property Act 1882.
Being in accordance with the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act 1882, a de
jure valid contract between the parties as per the provisions of Indian Contract Act,
1872 is obligatory. This Contract could also be oral or written. More it should be
complete or open. an open contract is simply a skeleton, relating the names of
parties to the contract, property to be oversubscribed and therefore the thought
quantity.
A complete contract could be a elaborated one relating the title, modes of payment,
time period for finishing the group action, obligations to be complied with etc. In
stabile property dealings, it's not advisable to travel for oral open variety of
contracts, because the stakes square measure typically high and consequences
square measure grave. Such contracts have to be compelled to be diligently ready
relating minute details. The services of a skilled advocate in property matters ought
to be availed.
The execution of agreement to sell must be witnessed by 2 persons capable of
stepping into contract. Further, with reference to witnesses, it's advisable that the
witnesses be from the facet of each parties i.e. one from the purchasers facet and
one from the sellers facet. Just in case of execution of an acquisition deed, it's
advisable that each witness be from the purchasers facet. In keeping with the

Indian Registration Act, 1908, the registration of the agreement to sell is merely
nonobligatory. If registered it helps in establishing the bonafides of the group
action. Further, encumbrance certificate discloses the subsistence of such an
agreement that deters to any extent further agreements, unless the prevailing one
is off.
The rights and liabilities of the vendee and trafficker
Section fifty five of the Transfer of Property Act deals with the rights and liabilities
of trafficker and vendee. If the agreement to sell doesn't specifically ask the rights
and liabilities of trafficker and vendee, the provisions of section fifty five square
measure enforceable.
There is a caution against the utilization of words like as is wherever is basis,
since in such circumstances, the vendee needs to specifically perform the contract
regardless of the fabric defect within the title of property. Theres no prescribed
format of agreement to sell in respect of an stabile property. it's to be ensured that
the agreement is de jure enforceable and binding on the parties which it's not a
mere formality.
Persons stepping into the agreement
Persons should be competent to enter into a contract. They need to be major, sound
mind and not disqualified from acquiring. The names of the parties to the contract,
their age, and fathers name, just in case of wife, the husbands name, and places
of their residence ought to be mentioned. Care ought to be taken to form all the
house owners as parties to the contract. Just in case any of the joint house owners
isn't on the market to execute the agreement, a clause is accessorial to the
agreement that every one persons having interest within the property shall execute
the conveyance deed. A partnership firm isn't a legal person and per se all the
partners ought to sign the agreement.
Title to property
Nature of the title command by the vendor together with any encumbrance like
lease, mortgage, and charges on the property ought to notice an area within the

agreement. If the performing artist of the agreement isn't the owner, then his
standing and his authority beneath that the agreement is dead ought to be
mentioned.
A General power of professional person (GPA) holder will execute an acquisition on
behalf of the owner if he has the ability to try and do thus. However, he's in charge
of the money received from the vendee. Any material defect within the property,
defect within the title disclosed by the vendor, or benefits, edges that have return to
the notice of the vendee, ought to be elaborated.
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oversubscribed
Location and outline ought to contain the roads on that they front, the prevailing
and former occupations, the municipal variety, street, road with complete
boundaries, and properties encompassing the property in agreement to be
oversubscribed. It ought to additionally embody the world of the positioning,
engineered up space, floors, variety of constructions; materials used etc. the small
print ought to be complete thus on determine the property clearly. Sections twenty
one and twenty two of the Indian Registration Act created it obligatory to disclose
the small print.
Agreed thought quantity and mode of payment
Consideration quantity, the worth at that the property was in agreement to be
transferred is incredibly vital and a vital portion of the agreement. If the thought
quantity isn't mentioned, the contract becomes void. The thought disclosed ought
to be in cash worth, and it shouldn't attract the provisions of exchange of property
as elaborated in Sec 118 of the Transfer of Property Act.
Whether the thought quantity is adequate or not is immaterial. The agreement
ought to disclose any half payment of thought or earnest, the mode, place and time
of payment of balance cash.

Production and scrutiny of documents of title

The agreement ought to contain a clause that the vendor ought to manufacture the
documents of title in his possession for scrutiny by the vendee and his advocate.
Sec 55 (1) of Transfer of Property Act makes it obligatory to supply the documents
for scrutiny.
Possession
Possession is that the most vital ingredient of the sale group action. The mode and
time of possession ought to be clearly and specifically mentioned. it should please
be noted that the vendor needn't offer possession of the property to the vendee on
execution of agreement and on half payment. Possession needs to run on
completion of the sale method and receipt of full thought quantity once execution of
the conveyance deed.
If the possession is given on half payment of the thought, section 53 A of the
Transfer of Property Act operates. In such a happening the vendor shall ne'er be in
a very possession. The sole recourse on the market to the vendor is to recover the
balance quantity due.
The agreement ought to additionally ask the mode of possession of the property
and whether or not it's vacant or not. If the property is let loose, the vendor could
provides a letter of allotment to the tenants, to acknowledge the vendee because
the future transferee. In such cases, a clause relating to token delivery of
possession by the vendee, and issue of assignment letters ought to be enclosed.
Period of completion of sale method
The sale agreement ought to contain a clause stipulating the time among that the
vendee pays the complete thought quantity and obtain the sale deed dead and
registered by the vendor. it's invariably advisable to pay less quantity of the sale
thought as advance and more, it ought to be unbroken in mind that the balance
most portion of the sale thought should be paid solely at the time of registration of
the sale deed.

The agreement of sale ought to mention the date/period of completion of the sale
group action and registration of sale deed. The date for paying the most portion of
the balance payment should be mentioned, as at the time of registration. Its
desirable to construct the sentence in such manner for e.g. The balance payment
shall be created on or before thirty.10.2003, i.e., at the time of registration of sale
deed.
Conditions and obligations to be complied with:
There could also be native laws and different statutory obligations to be complied
with for completion of sale. Permission could have to be compelled to be procured
from bound establishments. Any such obligations to be completed and therefore the
time for such acts square measure to be incorporated within the agreement.
Expenses to be met
Sale method includes numerous expenses like fee, stamp duty, brokerage and
expenses towards statutory clearances. Terms of agreement ought to be clear on
who needs to meet these expenses.
Miscellaneous
The agreement ought to additionally contain penalties for non-performance of the
terms of the agreement. The worry on the vendor is that he shall throughout the
amount between the date of agreement to sell and actual returning of the property
to the vendee, not produce any charges on the property and at constant time
maintains the property.
Remedy
If any of the parties fail to perform, a celebration could sue the opposite party for
execution as per the terms of the agreement. The limitation on the market is 3
years and it starts from the date on that the act is to be performed.
For example, an acquisition agreement is dated 1-7-2003, wherever it's mentioned
the vendee ought to pay the ultimate installment of thought and obtain the
conveyance completed by the vendor on 31-08-2003. The vendee, however, didn't

pay the ultimate installment on 31-08-2003 and therefore the limitation started
from the date.
The agreement to sell is to be dead on a requisite stamp paper as prescribed by the
state.
Purchase of property could be a group action wherever the parties to the group
action should be of identical mind to confirm swish and uncomplicated execution of
the group action. The agreement to the sale contains all the terms and conditions
on the premise of that the physical method of transfer of property can happen on a
piecemeal basis. The agreement to sell clearly defines the duties of the customer
and therefore the trafficker and therefore the tasks to be performed by every,
ultimately resulting in the registration of the sale deed and therefore making certain
stress free sale and buy of property.