Section 5 of The KARNATAKA OWNERSHIP FLATS (REGULATION OF THE PROMOTION OF CONSTRUCTION, SALE, MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFER) ACT, 1972.
Promoter to maintain separate account of sums taken as advance or
deposit and to be trustee therefor and disburse them for purposes for which given.- The promoter shall maintain a separate account in any bank of sums taken by him, from persons intending to take or who have taken flats, as advance or deposit, including any sums so taken towards the share capital for the formation of a co-operative society or a company, or towards the outgoings (including ground rent, if any, municipal or other local taxes, taxes on income, water charges, electricity charges, revenue assessment, interest on any mortgage or other encumbrances, if any); and he shall hold the said moneys for the purposes for which they were given and shall disburse the moneys for those purposes, and shall on demand in writing by an officer appointed by a general or special order by the State Government for the purpose, make full and true disclosure of all transactions in respect of that account.