REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
In the matter of the Real Estate Services Act
S.B.C. 2004 ch. 42
AND in the matter of a Consent Order pursuant to Section 41 of the Real Estate Services Act
Respondent: SANDEEP (SANFORD) SINGH MANHAS
File: 07-527
Date of Consent Order: March 14, 2011
Issue: Sandeep (Sanford) Singh Manhas, currently unlicensed, entered into a Consent Order with the Council in which he consented to an Order that, while licensed as a representative with Coast Realty Group Ltd., Nanaimo, he committed professional misconduct within the meaning of section 35(1)(a) of the Real Estate Services Act in that he: (a) contravened section 35(1)(c) of the Real Estate Services Act while representing the buyer in connection with the purchase of the property in that he represented to the sellers that the buyer intended to purchase the property for use as her principal residence to induce the sellers to agree to the sale of the property, although he knew the buyer intended to re-sell the property; (b) contravened section 35(1)(a) and (d) of the Real Estate Services Act, or one or both of them, in that he: (i) failed to secure a separate written agreement that the deposit relating to the purchase and sale of the property would be held by someone other than his brokerage, contrary to section 27(4) of the Real Estate Services Act; (ii) failed to promptly provide his managing broker with a copy of the contract, contrary to section 3-2(1)(b) of the Council Rules; (iii) failed to inform his managing broker about the services he was providing with respect to the property, contrary to section 3-2(2)(a) of the Council Rules; and (iv) failed to disclose the nature of the representation he would be providing to each party in the purchase and sale of the property, contrary to section 5-10 of the Council Rules.
Result: Sandeep (Sanford) Singh Manhas was suspended for fifty (50) days from May 4, 2011 to June 22, 2011 (inclusive), and was ordered to pay a discipline penalty to the Council in the amount of $2,500.00, successfully complete the disciplinary education assignments applicable to Chapter 2 (The Real Estate Services Act) and Chapter 9 (Professional Ethics) of the Real Estate Trading Services Licensing Course, and to pay enforcement expenses to the Council in the amount of $1,000.00.
P: Apr 20, 2011 R: April 20, 2016