• Transfer of Cooperative housing society flat to wife

Hi,

I want to transfer ownership of my flat, registered under West Bengal Cooperative Housing Society, to my wife as gift. I need to know if this gift need to be registered and does this attract any stamp duties. Both me and my wife are senior citizens. Kindly help.

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Asked 7 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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1) gift deed in favour of wife for transfer of flat needs to be duly stamped

2) registration of gift deed is mandatory

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Hi

you should get a gift deed prepared and get it registered fro transfer, then apply in the society for transfer of shares.

To register a gift deed in your wife name it is a nominal fee and no stamp duty more than 500/rupees.

Thresiamma G. Mathew
Advocate, Mumbai
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it must be registered under section 123 of TP Act. not only registered but it must be attested by at least 2 witness. according to sec 123 gift of immovable property valued more than 100 shall be registered and attested.

Shivendra Pratap Singh
Advocate, Lucknow
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Gift deed requires mandatory registration, failing which it does not convey title from the donor to donee. The stamp duty part can be answered only by a local lawyer as it is not uniform throughout India.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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Transferring an immovable property shall always be executed by a registered document. An unregistered document is not legally valid.

The applicable stamp duty has to be paid, there is no exemption for senior citizens.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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