Article 1054 sets out what the by-laws of the immovable contain: the rules on the enjoyment, use and upkeep of the private and common portions, the rules governing the operation and administration of the co-ownership, and - this is the second paragraph - the procedure for collecting and recovering contributions to the common expenses. The by-laws are one of the three components of the declaration of co-ownership, together with the constituting act and the description of the fractions (art. 1052 CCQ).
The contribution procedure belongs to your by-laws, not to the Code. The Code settles who fixes the contribution (art. 1072 para. 1) and requires each co-owner to be told when it is payable (art. 1072 para. 3); your building's by-laws say how it is called and how it is recovered. Two neighbouring syndicates can therefore treat the same situation differently, both lawfully.
That is why CondoAide asks what your declaration provides instead of deciding it. Each building's by-laws deal with its own contribution procedure: software that decided for you could apply a rule your declaration does not contain.
Recovery is part of it. The delays, reminders and collection terms your syndicate applies are read first in the by-laws of the immovable.
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