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§ 917. Bylaws

The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws a true copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and made a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be valid unless set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is duly recorded.

§ 903. Apartments as real property; incidents of ownership

Once property is submitted to the provisions of this chapter: (a) Each apartment, together with its undivided interest in the common area and facilities, shall for all purpose, including the provisions of subtitle 2 of Title 33, constitute real property and may be separately conveyed, encumbered, leased or otherwise disposed of and may be inherited […]

§ 905. Common areas and facilities

(a) Each apartment owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage expressed in the declaration. Such percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the apartment in relation to the value of the property. (b) The percentage of the undivided interest of […]

§ 906. Compliance with covenants, bylaws and administrative provisions

Each apartment owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, as either of the same may be lawfully amended from time to time, and with the covenants, conditions and restrictions set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his apartment. Failure to comply with any […]

§ 907. Certain work prohibited

No apartment owner shall do any work which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce the value thereof or impair any easement or hereditament without in every such case the unanimous consent of all the other apartment owners being first obtained.

§ 844. Penalties

(a) If any landlord receives rent in violation of any provisions of this subchapter, or of any regulation or order thereunder prescribing a rent ceiling, the tenant paying such rent or the Rent Control Officer on behalf of such tenant may bring an action for double the amount by which the rent paid exceeds the […]

§ 846. Termination of emergency as rendering subchapter ineffective

The provisions of this subchapter shall remain in force and effect only for the duration of the public emergency with respect to the shortage of housing and business accommodations declared to exist by Ordinance of the Municipal Council of Saint Thomas and Saint John approved December 5, 1947 (Bill no. 92), which ordinance was made […]