38. Powers of Authority.—(1) The Authority shall have powers to impose penalty or interest, in regard to any contravention of obligations cast upon the promoters, the allottees and the real estate agents, under this Act or the rules and the regulations made thereunder. (2) The Authority shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the other provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Authority shall have powers to regulate its own procedure. (3) Where an issue is raised relating to agreement, action, omission, practice or procedure that— (a) has an appreciable prevention, restriction or distortion of competition in connection with the development of a real estate project; or (b) has effect of market power of monopoly situation being abused for affecting interest of allottees adversely, then the Authority, may, suomotu, make reference in respect of such issue to the Competition Commission of India.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Prior registration of real estate project with Real Estate Regulatory Authority.Section 4 · Application for registration of real estate projects.Section 5 · Grant of registration.Section 6 · Extension of registration.Section 7 · Revocation of registration.Section 8 · Obligation of Authority consequent upon lapse of or on revocation of registration.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 14 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.