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MAHARASHTRA ACT No. OF 200?.
(First pub/isheJ, ajter haoing receioeJ the assent oj the
FresiJent, in the Maharashtra Oooernnent Oa:ette , on the
6th February 2007.
An Acf fo make more eIIecfIve provIsIons Ior fhe IIre prevenfIon
and IIIe saIefy measures In varIous fypes oI buIIdIngs In dIIIerenf
areas In fhe Sfafe oI Maharashfra.
WHIAS If Is expedIenf fo make more eIIecfIve provIsIons
Ior fhe IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures In varIous fypes
oI buIIdIngs In dIIIerenf areas In fhe Sfafe oI Maharashfra, Ior
ImposIfIon oI Iee, consfIfufIon oI a specIaI Iund and Ior fhe purposes
connecfed fherewIfh, or IncIdenfaI fherefo ; If Is hereby enacfed
In fhe IIIfy-sevenfh Year oI fhe IepubIIc oI IndIa as IoIIows :
CHAITI I
IIIIMIAIY
1. t1) ThIs Acf may be caIIed fhe Maharashfra IIre IrevenfIon
and IIIe SaIefy Measures Acf, 2006.
t2) If exfends fo fhe whoIe oI fhe Sfafe oI Maharashfra.
Shorf fIfIe,
exfenf and
commence-
menf.
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In pursuance oI cIause t3) oI ArfIcIe 348 oI fhe ConsfIfufIon oI IndIa, fhe IoIIowIng
fransIafIon In ngIIsh oI fhe Maharashfra IIre IrevenfIon and IIIe SaIefy Measures Acf, 2006
tMah. III oI 2007), Is hereby pubIIshed under fhe aufhorIfy oI fhe Oovernor.
y order and In fhe name oI fhe Oovernor oI Maharashfra,
A. M. SHIKAI,
Secrefary fo Oovernmenf,
Iaw and JudIcIary eparfmenf.

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tJ) If shaII come Info Iorce
ta) In fhe areas oI fhe IocaI aufhorIfIes and fhe pIannIng
aufhorIfIes, on such dafe as fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by
nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, appoInf ;
tb) In ofher areas or parf oI fhe areas, on such dafe as
fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by fhe same or IIke nofIIIcafIon
appoInf ; and dIIIerenf dafes may be appoInfed Ior dIIIerenf
provIsIons fhereoI and Ior dIIIerenf areas or parf oI fhe areas ;
and
tc) any reIerence In fhe Acf fo fhe commencemenf oI fhIs
Acf shaII, In reIafIon fo a provIsIon or an area, be consfrucfed
as a reIerence fo fhe comIng Info Iorce oI fhIs Acf or any
provIsIon fhereoI In fhaf area.
2. In fhIs Acf, unIess fhe confexf ofherwIse requIres,
t1) fhe expressIon buIIdIng shaII have fhe same meanIng
assIgned fo If In fhe reIevanf munIcIpaI Iaw or any Iaw Ior
fhe fIme beIng In Iorce In fhe area In whIch fhIs Acf Is
In Iorce ; and IncIudes pIaces or premIses comprIsIng Iand or
buIIdIng, or parf oI a Iand or buIIdIng, whefher aufhorIzed
or ofherwIse, oufhouses, II any, apperfaInIng fo such buIIdIng
or parf fhereoI and pefroI, dIeseI or gas IInes, InsfaIIafIons
or pumps.
Exp/anation.Ior fhe purposes oI fhIs Acf fhe deIInIfIon oI
buIIdIng hereIn shaII exfend and appIy onIy fo such buIIdIng
In respecf oI whIch Iee Is assessabIe and IevIabIe as specIIIed
In fhe ScheduIe-II ;
t2) buIIdIng bye-Iaws means fhe buIIdIng bye-Iaws, ruIes
or reguIafIons made under any reIevanf munIcIpaI Iaw and
IncIudes fhe deveIopmenf confroI ruIes or reguIafIons, by whafever
name fhey are caIIed, or any ofher buIIdIng ruIes or reguIafIons
made under any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce and
are In operafIon In fhe area In whIch fhIs Acf Is In Iorce ;
tJ) ChIeI IIre OIIIcer means fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or any
ofher IIre oIIIcer by whafever desIgnafIon caIIed, In charge oI
fhe IIre-brIgade maInfaIned by a IocaI aufhorIfy or a pIannIng
aufhorIfy ;
t4) Irecfor means fhe person appoInfed by fhe Sfafe
Oovernmenf fo be fhe Irecfor, Maharashfra IIre ServIces,
Oroup A, under secfIon 18 ;
t6) fhe expressIon IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures
means such measures as are necessary In accordance wIfh fhe
buIIdIng bye-Iaws or as requIred by or under fhe provIsIons
oI any Iaw or fhe afIonaI uIIdIng Code oI IndIa, 2005, Ior
fhe fIme beIng In Iorce, Ior fhe prevenfIon, confroI and IIghfIng
oI IIre and Ior ensurIng fhe saIefy oI IIIe and properfy In
case oI IIre ;
eIInIfIons.
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t6) IIcensed Agency`` means a person or an assocIafIon oI
persons IIcensed by fhe Irecfor, or wIfhIn fhe area under
hIs jurIsdIcfIon, fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or fhe nomInafed oIIIcer,
Ior underfakIng or execufIng IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy
measures or perIormIng such ofher reIafed acfIvIfIes requIred
fo be carrIed ouf under fhIs Acf wIfhIn fhe area oI fhe IocaI
aufhorIfy or a pIannIng aufhorIfy ;
t7) IocaI aufhorIfy means a MunIcIpaI CorporafIon or a
MunIcIpaI CouncII or a Nagar Fanchayat or an IndusfrIaI TownshIp
consfIfufed under any reIevanf munIcIpaI Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng
In Iorce In fhe Sfafe ;
tS) afIonaI uIIdIng Code oI IndIa, 2005 means fhe book
confaInIng IIre IrevenfIon and IIIe SaIefy Measures fo be
ImpIemenfed In fhe buIIdIngs, pIaces, premIses, workshops,
warehouses and IndusfrIes, pubIIshed by fhe ureau oI IndIan
Sfandards, Irom fIme fo fIme, wIfh or wIfhouf amendmenfs ;
t0) nomInafed oIIIcer means an oIIIcer possessIng fhe prescrIbed
quaIIIIcafIons and nomInafed by fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre
OIIIcer and IncIudes an oIIIcer nomInafed by a IocaI aufhorIfy
or a pIannIng aufhorIfy Ior fhe purposes oI fhIs Acf :
IrovIded fhaf, Ior fhe areas nof covered by any MunIcIpaI
CorporafIon or MunIcIpaI CouncII, fhe Irecfor shaII nomInafe
an oIIIcer fo be a nomInafed oIIIcer, and dIIIerenf such oIIIcers
may be nomInafed Ior dIIIerenf areas ;
t10) OccupIer IncIudes
ta) any person who Ior fhe fIme beIng Is payIng or Is
IIabIe fo pay fo fhe owner fhe renf or any porfIon oI fhe
renf Ior fhe Iand or buIIdIng or any parf fhereoI In respecf
oI whIch such renf Is paId or Is payabIe ;
tb) an owner In occupafIon oI or ofherwIse usIng Iand
or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI ;
tc) a renfIree fenanf oI any Iand or buIIdIng or parf
fhereoI ;
tJ) a IIcensee In occupafIon oI any Iand or buIIdIng or
parf fhereoI ;
te) a member oI a co-operafIve housIng socIefy or an
aparfmenf owner ; and
tj) any person who, or an assocIafIon, corporafIon twhefher
Incorporafed or nof) or an organIsafIon whIch Is IIabIe fo
pay fo fhe owner damages Ior fhe use and occupafIon oI
any Iand or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI ;
t11) owner IncIudes a person who Ior fhe fIme beIng Is
receIvIng or Is enfIfIed fo receIve, fhe renf oI any Iand or
buIIdIng or parf fhereoI whefher on hIs accounf or on accounf
oI hImseII and ofhers or as an agenf, a regIsfered co-operafIve
housIng socIefy, frusfee, guardIan or receIver or any ofher person
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who shouId so receIve fhe renf or be enfIfIed fo receIve If
II fhe Iand or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI were Ief fo a fenanf,
or a buIIder, deveIoper or promofer who consfrucfs IIafs or
aparfmenf Ior saIe under fhe provIsIons oI fhe Maharashfra
OwnershIp IIafs tIeguIafIon oI fhe promofIon oI consfrucfIon,
saIe, managemenf and fransIer) Acf, 1963, or, as fhe case may
be, fhe Maharashfra Aparfmenf OwnershIp Acf, 1970 ;
t12) pIannIng aufhorIfy IncIudes,
ta) fhe agpur Improvemenf Trusf consfIfufed under fhe
agpur Improvemenf Trusf Acf, 1936 ;
tb) a SpecIaI IIannIng AufhorIfy consfIfufed or appoInfed
or deemed fo have been appoInfed under secfIon 40 or fhe
ew Town eveIopmenf AufhorIfy consfIfufed or decIared
under fhe provIsIons oI secfIon 113 oI fhe Maharashfra IegIonaI
and Town IIannIng Acf, 1966 ;
tc) In respecf oI fhe sIum rehabIIIfafIon area decIared under
secfIon 3C oI fhe Maharashfra SIum Areas tImprovemenf,
CIearance and IedeveIopmenf) Acf, 1971, fhe SIum IehabIIIfafIon
AufhorIfy appoInfed under secfIon 3A oI fhe saId Acf ;
t1J) prescrIbed means prescrIbed by ruIes ;
t14) reIevanf munIcIpaI Iaw means,
ta) fhe MumbaI MunIcIpaI CorporafIon Acf ;
tb) fhe ombay IrovIncIaI MunIcIpaI CorporafIons Acf, 1949 ;
tc) fhe CIfy oI agpur CorporafIon Acf, 1948 ;
tJ) fhe Maharashfra MunIcIpaI CouncIIs, agar Ianchayafs
and IndusfrIaI TownshIps Acf, 1965 ;
t16) ruIes means ruIes made under fhIs Acf ;
t16) ScheduIe means ScheduIe appended fo fhIs Acf.
Mah.
XXXVII
oI
1966.
Mah.
XXVIII
oI
1971.
Mah.
XIV
oI
1963.
Mah.
XV oI
1971.
C.I.
and
erar
XXXVI
oI
1936.
om.
III oI
1888.
om.
IIX
oI
1949.
C.I.
and
erar
II oI
1950.
Mah.
XI oI
1965.
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CHAITI II
IIOVISIOS IIATIO TO III IIVTIO A
III SAITY MAS!IS
3. t1) WIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe provIsIons oI any Iaw or fhe
ruIes, reguIafIons or bye-Iaws made fhereunder or fhe afIonaI
uIIdIng Code oI IndIa, 2005, reIafIng fo IIre prevenfIon and IIIe
saIefy measures and In operafIon In fhe Sfafe Ior fhe fIme beIng
In Iorce, fhe owner or where fhe owner Is nof fraceabIe, fhe
occupIer, oI a buIIdIng as cIassIIIed In fhe ScheduIe-I or parf
oI any such buIIdIng shaII provIde IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy
measures In such buIIdIng or parf fhereoI, mInImum IIre IIghfIng
InsfaIIafIons as specIIIed agaInsf such buIIdIng In fhe saId ScheduIe ;
and fhe owner or, as fhe case may be, fhe occupIer shaII maInfaIn
fhe IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures In good repaIr and
eIIIcIenf condIfIon af aII fImes, In accordance wIfh fhe provIsIons
oI fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes :
IrovIded fhaf, In fhe case oI such buIIdIng or parf fhereoI
fhe consfrucfIon oI whIch has been compIefed ImmedIafeIy beIore
fhe dafe oI commencemenf oI fhIs Acf, fhe occupIer, and subjecf
fo fhe provIsIons oI sub-secfIon t2), In fhe case oI such buIIdIng
or parf fhereoI whIch Is under consfrucfIon on such dafe, fhe
owner, shaII underfake and carry ouf such addIfIonaI IIre prevenfIon
and IIIe saIefy measures, as are specIIIed In fhe nofIce served
on hIm under secfIon 6.
Exp/anation.The cIassIIIcafIon oI buIIdIngs as menfIoned In fhe
ScheduIe-I under fhIs secfIon and fhaf In ScheduIe-II under secfIon
11, conIorms fo fhe cIassIIIcafIon oI buIIdIngs made under fhe
provIsIons oI fhe afIonaI uIIdIng Code oI IndIa, 2005.
t2) ofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In any Iaw Ior fhe fIme
beIng In Iorce, no aufhorIfy empowered fo sancfIon fhe consfrucfIon
pIan oI any buIIdIng or parf oI a buIIdIng and fo Issue cerfIIIcafe
oI compIefIon fhereoI, shaII Issue any cerfIIIcafe oI compIefIon
or parf compIefIon fhereoI, unIess If Is safIsIIed fhaf fhe owner
has compIIed wIfh fhe requIremenfs specIIIed In ScheduIe-I,
or as fhe case may be, In fhe nofIce so served on hIm as
aIoresaId.
tJ) The owner or occupIer, as fhe case may be, shaII IurnIsh
fo fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or fhe nomInafed oIIIcer, a cerfIIIcafe
In fhe prescrIbed Iorm Issued by a IIcensed Agency regardIng
fhe compIIance oI fhe IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures
In hIs such buIIdIng or parf fhereoI, as requIred by or under
fhe provIsIons oI fhIs Acf, and shaII aIso IurnIsh fo fhe ChIeI
IIre OIIIcer or a nomInafed oIIIcer, a cerfIIIcafe In fhe prescrIbed
Iorm, fwIce a year In fhe monfhs oI January and JuIy regardIng
fhe maInfenance oI IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures In
good repaIr and eIIIcIenf condIfIon as specIIIed In sub-secfIon t1).
Owners or
occupIers`
IIabIIIfy fo
provIde
Ior IIre
prevenfIon
and IIIe
saIefy
measures.
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t4) o person shaII famper wIfh, aIfer, remove or cause any
Injury or damage fo any IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy equIpmenf
InsfaIIed In any such buIIdIng or parf fhereoI or InsfIgafe any
ofher person fo do so.
4. t1) The Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/
Oa:ette, requIre owner or occupIer oI premIses In any area or
oI any cIass oI premIses used, whIch In Ifs opInIon, are IIkeIy
fo cause rIsk oI IIre, fo fake such precaufIons as may be specIIIed
In such nofIIIcafIon.
t2) Where such nofIIIcafIon has been Issued, If shaII be IawIuI
Ior fhe Irecfor or ChIeI IIre OIIIcer oI IocaI aufhorIfy or pIannIng
aufhorIfy or any IIre oIIIcer aufhorIzed eIfher by fhe Irecfor
or ChIeI IIre OIIIcer fo dIrecf fhe removaI oI objecfs or goods
IIkeIy fo cause fhe rIsk oI IIre, fo a pIace oI saIefy and on
IaIIure by fhe owner or occupIer fo do so, fhe Irecfor or any
ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or IIre oIIIcer may, aIfer gIvIng fhe owner
or occupIer a reasonabIe opporfunIfy oI makIng fhe represenfafIon,
seIze, defaIn or remove such objecfs or goods.
tJ) The Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or any ofher IIre
oIIIcer whIIe perIormIng hIs dufIes In IIre IIghfIng operafIons
or any ofher dufIes oI seIzure, defenfIon or removaI oI any goods
InvoIvIng rIsk oI IIre may requIre fhe assIsfance oI a poIIce oIIIcer
or members oI fhe poIIce Iorce as an aId In perIormance oI
such dufIes and If wIII be fhe dufy oI poIIce oIIIcer oI aII fhe
ranks or such members fo aId fhe Irecfor or such IIre oIIIcer
In fhe execufIon oI fheIr dufIes under fhIs Acf.
5. t1) The Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or fhe nomInafed
oIIIcer may, aIfer gIvIng fhree hours` nofIce fo fhe occupIer, or
II fhere Is no occupIer, fo fhe owner oI any pIace or buIIdIng
or parf fhereoI, enfer and Inspecf such pIace or buIIdIng or parf
fhereoI af any fIme befween sunrIse and sunsef where such InspecfIon
appears necessary Ior ascerfaInIng fhe adequacy or confravenfIon
oI IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures :
IrovIded fhaf, fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or fhe
nomInafed oIIIcer may enfer Info and Inspecf any such pIace or
buIIdIng or parf fhereoI af any fIme II an Indusfry Is workIng
or an enferfaInmenf Is goIng on af such pIace, buIIdIng or parf
fhereoI, or II If appears fo hIm fo be expedIenf and necessary
fo do so In order fo ensure saIefy oI IIIe and properfy.
t2) The Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or fhe nomInafed
oIIIcer shaII be provIded wIfh aII possIbIe assIsfance by fhe owner
or occupIer, as fhe case may be, oI such pIace or buIIdIng or
parf fhereoI Ior carryIng ouf fhe InspecfIon under sub-secfIon t1).
tJ) The owner or occupIer or any ofher person shaII nof obsfrucf
or cause any obsfrucfIon fo fhe enfry oI a person empowered
or aufhorIsed under fhIs secfIon Info or upon any Iand or buIIdIng
or shaII nof moIesf such person aIfer such enfry Ior InspecfIon.
IrevenfIve
measures.
Iower oI
InspecfIon.
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t4) When any such pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI used as
a human dweIIIng Is enfered under sub-secfIon t1) due regard
shaII be paId fo fhe socIaI and reIIgIous senfImenfs oI fhe occupIers ;
and beIore any IIaf, aparfmenf or a parf oI such buIIdIng In
fhe acfuaI occupancy oI any woman, who, accordIng fo fhe cusfom
does nof appear In pubIIc, Is enfered under sub-secfIon t1), nofIce
shaII be gIven fo her fhaf she Is af IIberfy fo wIfhdraw, and
every reasonabIe IacIIIfy shaII be aIIorded fo her Ior wIfhdrawIng.
t6) Where fhe InspecfIon Is carrIed ouf by fhe nomInafed oIIIcer
under fhe precedIng provIsIons oI fhIs secfIon, he shaII gIve a
reporf oI any such InspecfIon fo fhe Irecfor and fhe ChIeI IIre
OIIIcer oI fhe aufhorIfy concerned.
6. The Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or fhe nomInafed
oIIIcer shaII, aIfer compIefIon oI fhe InspecfIon oI fhe pIace or
buIIdIng or parf fhereoI under secfIon 5, record hIs vIews on
fhe devIafIons Irom or fhe confravenfIons oI, fhe requIremenfs
wIfh regard fo fhe IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures or
fhe Inadequacy or non-compIIance oI such measures provIded or
fo be provIded fhereIn wIfh reIerence fo fhe heIghf oI fhe buIIdIng
or fhe nafure oI acfIvIfIes carrIed on In such pIace or buIIdIng
or parf fhereoI and Issue a nofIce fo fhe owner or occupIer
oI such buIIdIng or parf fhereoI dIrecfIng hIm fo underfake such
measures wIfhIn such fIme as may be specIIIed In fhe nofIce.
?. t1) WIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe prosecufIon Ior oIIence oI non-
compIIance oI fhe nofIce Issued under secfIon 6, fhe Irecfor
or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer may, In fhe evenf oI non-compIIance
oI any such nofIce, fake such sfeps IncIudIng exercIsIng fhe power
fo have fhe pIace, buIIdIng or any parf fhereoI seaIed under
secfIon 8, as may be necessary Ior fhe compIIance oI such nofIce.
t2) AII expenses Incurred by fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre
OIIIcer In reIafIon fo any sfeps faken by hIm under sub-secfIon
t1) shaII be payabIe on demand, by fhe owner or occupIer on
whom such nofIce Is served, and shaII, II nof paId wIfhIn IIIfeen
days aIfer such demand be recoverabIe, wIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe
provIsIons oI sub-secfIon tJ) oI secfIon 20, as II If were fhe arrears
oI fax on properfy and fhe provIsIons under fhe reIevanf munIcIpaI
Iaw or any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce and Is In
operafIon wIfhIn fhe area oI jurIsdIcfIon oI fhe IocaI aufhorIfy
or pIannIng aufhorIfy concerned Ior recovery oI arrears oI fax
on properfy, shaII appIy nutatis nutanJis Ior such recovery as
fhey appIy fo fhe recovery oI arrears oI fax on properfy or where
any such Iaw Is nof so In operafIon fhen, as an arrears oI Iand
revenue.
8. t1) II fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer Is safIsIIed
fhaf due fo Inadequacy oI IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures
fhe condIfIon oI any pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI Is In ImmInenf
ofIce
regardIng
IIre
prevenfIon
and IIIe
saIefy
measures.
Sfeps fo be
faken In
fhe evenf
oI non-
compIIance
oI nofIce.
Iower fo
seaI
buIIdIng.
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danger fo person or properfy, fhen nofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng
confaIned In fhIs Acf, or any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In
Iorce, he shaII, by order In wrIfIng, requIre fhe persons In possessIon
or In occupafIon oI such pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI fo
remove fhemseIves IorfhwIfh Irom such pIace or buIIdIng or parf
fhereoI.
t2) II an order made by fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer
under sub-secfIon t1) Is nof compIIed wIfh, fhe Irecfor or fhe
ChIeI IIre OIIIcer may dIrecf,
ta) fhe aufhorIfy responsIbIe Ior suppIy oI eIecfrIcIfy or fhe
aufhorIfy responsIbIe Ior suppIy oI wafer fo dIsconnecf fhe suppIy
oI eIecfrIcIfy or wafer, as fhe case may be ;
tb) any poIIce oIIIcer havIng jurIsdIcfIon In fhe area fo remove
such persons Irom such pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI ;
and such aufhorIfy or poIIce oIIIcer shaII compIy wIfh such
dIrecfIon ;
tJ) AIfer fhe removaI oI fhe persons under sub-secfIon t1) or
sub-secfIon t2), as fhe case may be, fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI
IIre OIIIcer shaII cause such pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI,
fo be seaIed by such poIIce oIIIcer IorfhwIfh.
t4) o person shaII remove such seaI excepf under a wrIffen
order made by fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer suo notu
or on an appIIcafIon oI fhe owner or occupIer.
CHAITI III
IICS AOCY
9. t1) The ChIeI IIre OIIIcer may granf any person or assocIafIon
oI persons as he fhInks IIf, a IIcence fo acf as a IIcensed Agency
Ior fhe purposes oI fhIs Acf.
t2) Any person InfendIng fo have or renew such IIcence shaII
appIy fo fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer In fhe prescrIbed Iorm and In
fhe prescrIbed manner. Such appIIcafIon shaII bear a courf-Iee
sfamp oI IIve rupees and shaII be accompanIed by fhe prescrIbed
Iee.
tJ) On receIpf oI such appIIcafIon, fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer may,
aIfer hoIdIng such InquIry as he deems IIf, eIfher granf fhe IIcence
In fhe prescrIbed Iorm Ior a perIod oI one year or renew fhe
same Ior a IIke perIod or, Ior reasons fo be recorded In wrIfIng,
by order reIuse fo granf or renew fhe IIcence.
t4) Where fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer has reason fo beIIeve fhaf
any person fo whom a IIcence has been granfed has confravened
any provIsIons oI fhIs Acf or oI fhe ruIes or IaIIed fo compIy
wIfh fhe condIfIons oI fhe IIcence or Is unIIf by reason oI
Incompefency, mIsconducf or any ofher grave reasons, fhe ChIeI
IIre OIIIcer may, aIfer gIvIng fo fhe person a reasonabIe opporfunIfy
fo show cause, Ior reasons fo be recorded In wrIfIng, by order
suspend or canceI fhe IIcence.
t6) The Irecfor and fhe nomInafed oIIIcer may aIso exercIse
fhe powers under fhIs secfIon, wIfhIn fheIr respecfIve jurIsdIcfIon.
Iower fo
granf
IIcence fo
acf as
IIcensed
Agency.
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10. t1) o person ofher fhan a IIcensed Agency shaII carry
ouf fhe work oI provIdIng IIre prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures
or perIormIng such ofher reIafed acfIvIfIes requIred fo be carrIed
ouf In any pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI :
IrovIded fhaf, II fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer Is safIsIIed fhaf, Ior
any reason, fo be recorded In wrIfIng, fhe owner or occupIer
Is nof abIe fo carry ouf fhe IIre prevenfIon and IIre saIefy measures
In any such pIace or buIIdIng or parf fhereoI fhrough a IIcensed
Agency, he may aufhorIse any person or persons he fhInks IIf
fo carry ouf such work, and any work carrIed ouf by such aufhorIzed
person or persons shaII be deemed fo be carrIed ouf by a IIcensed
Agency.
t2) o IIcensed Agency or any ofher person cIaImIng fo be
such IIcensed Agency shaII gIve a cerfIIIcafe under sub-secfIon
tJ) oI secfIon 3 regardIng fhe compIIance oI fhe IIre prevenfIon
and IIIe saIefy measures or maInfenance fhereoI In good repaIr
and eIIIcIenf condIfIon, wIfhouf fhere beIng acfuaI such compIIance
or maInfenance.
CHAITI IV
IIOVISIOS IIATIO TO IVY, COIICTIO A
ICOVIY OI III SIVIC IS
11. t1) WIfh eIIecf Irom such dafe as fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf
may, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, appoInf In fhIs behaII,
and subjecf fo fhe provIsIons oI fhIs Acf, fhere shaII be IevIed
a IIre ServIce Iee af fhe rafes specIIIed by or under fhe provIsIons
oI fhIs Chapfer, Ior fhe purposes oI fhIs Acf on aII owners
oI varIous fypes oI buIIdIngs specIIIed In fhe ScheduIe-II
thereInaIfer In fhIs Chapfer, reIerred fo as fhe saId ScheduIe),
wIfhIn fhe areas oI a IocaI aufhorIfy or a pIannIng aufhorIfy
thereInaIfer, save as ofherwIse menfIoned, fhroughouf In fhIs Acf,
coIIecfIveIy reIerred fo as fhe AufhorIfy), fo whIch fhIs Acf
appIIes ; and dIIIerenf such dafes may be appoInfed Ior dIIIerenf
fypes oI buIIdIngs and dIIIerenf areas oI dIIIerenf AufhorIfIes.
t2) The rafe oI such Iee In respecf oI each fype oI buIIdIng
sIfuafed wIfhIn fhe area oI any oI fhe AufhorIfIes and cIassIIIed
In coIumn 2 oI each oI fhe Iarf-I, Iarf-II or, as fhe case may
be, Iarf-III oI fhe saId ScheduIe shaII, In fhe IIrsf Insfance, be
af fhe rafe specIIIed In each oI fhe sub-coIumn t1), buf subjecf
fo fhe mInImum Iee specIIIed In each oI fhe sub-coIumn t2), oI
coIumns 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 oI Iarf-I or oI coIumns 3, 4, 5 and
6 oI Iarf-II, or, as fhe case may be, oI coIumns 3 and 4 oI
Iarf-III, as aIoresaId.
tJ) The AufhorIfy may, subjecf fo fhe ofher provIsIons oI fhIs
Chapfer, enhance, Irom fIme fo fIme, fhe rafe oI Iee, IncIudIng
fhe annuaI Iee, and Ievy fhe Iee af such enhanced rafe :
IIcensed
Agency fo
carry ouf
work oI
provIdIng
IIre
prevenfIon
and IIIe
saIefy
measures.
ImposIfIon oI
Iees; and
enhancemenf
or reducfIon
fhereoI.
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IrovIded fhaf, fhe AufhorIfy may, subjecf fo fhe ofher provIsIons
oI fhIs Chapfer, reduce, Irom fIme fo fIme, such enhanced rafe
and Ievy Iee af such reduced rafe, so, however, fhaf In no case
fhe rafe shaII be reduced beIow fhe mInImum rafe specIIIed In
fhe saId ScheduIe.
t4) In defermInIng fhe rafe oI Iee fo be enhanced or reduced
under sub-secfIon tJ), fhe AufhorIfy shaII fake Info consIderafIon
fhe baIance avaIIabIe In fhe IIre IrofecfIon Iund consfIfufed under
secfIon 25 and fhe esfImafed Income and expendIfure tIncIudIng
any capIfaI expendIfure) oI fhe IIre ServIces and ensure fhaf
fhe expendIfure Incurred or fo be Incurred has reasonabIe correIafIon
wIfh fhe carryIng ouf oI fhe purposes oI fhIs Acf.
t6) The ofher maffers reIafIng fo ImposIfIon tIncIudIng guIdeIInes),
assessmenf and coIIecfIon oI such Iee shaII be such as may be
prescrIbed.
12. t1) The AufhorIfy, beIore enhancIng or reducIng fhe enhanced
rafe and IevyIng fhe Iee af such rafe shaII observe fhe IoIIowIng
preIImInary procedure, nameIy :
ta) fhe AufhorIfy shaII, by a resoIufIon passed af a specIaI
meefIng, approve fhe rafe oI Iee af whIch If proposes fo Ievy
such Iee ;
tb) when such a resoIufIon Is passed, fhe AufhorIfy shaII
fake Iurfher acfIon fo obfaIn fhe prevIous sancfIon oI fhe Sfafe
Oovernmenf fo fhe proposaI.
t2) The Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by an order pubIIshed In fhe
Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, accord sancfIon fo fhe saId proposaI oI fhe AufhorIfy
and specIIy In such order fhe dafe on or aIfer whIch fhe proposaI
shaII be broughf Info Iorce.
tJ) ta) The AufhorIfy shaII dIspIay on fhe nofIce board oI Ifs
oIIIce fhe saId order, and shaII aIso pubIIsh a nofIce In a IocaI
newspaper InIormIng fhe InhabIfanfs oI fhe area wIfhIn Ifs
jurIsdIcfIon, oI fhe subjecf maffer oI fhe order so dIspIayed ;
tb) When fhe rafes af whIch fhe Iee Is IevIabIe are enhanced
or reduced under sub-secfIon tJ) oI secfIon 11, If shaII nof be
necessary fo gIve any separafe nofIce fhereoI fo fhe owners or
occupIers oI fhe buIIdIngs aIIecfed fhereby.
13. t1) There shaII aIso be IevIed annuaIIy a Iurfher Iee af
fhe rafe oI one per cenf. oI fhe mInImum Iees specIIIed In fhe
respecfIve coIumns oI fhe Iarfs-I, II or, as fhe case may be,
Iarf-III oI fhe saId ScheduIe agaInsf each fype oI buIIdIng cIassIIIed
In coIumn 2 oI fhe saId Iarfs oI fhe saId ScheduIe Ior provIdIng
fhe amounf fo deIray fhe expenses Ior fhe purposes menfIoned
In sub-secfIon tJ) oI secfIon 25, and aIso Ior reguIar check and
InspecfIon, and ofher IncIdenfaI expenses so as fo requIre and
cause fhe owner or occupIer fhereoI fo keep fhe necessary
InsfaIIafIons In IIf condIfIon.
AufhorIfy
fo IoIIow
preIImInary
procedure
beIore
enhancIng
or reducIng
enhanced
Iee.
ImposIfIon oI
annuaI Iee
and
enhancemenf
and reducfIon
fhereoI.
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t2) The AufhorIfy may, subjecf fo fhe ofher provIsIons oI fhIs
Chapfer, enhance or reduce, Irom fIme fo fIme, fhe rafe oI annuaI
Iee and Ievy such enhanced or reduced Iee.
tJ) In defermInIng fhe rafe oI annuaI Iee fo be enhanced or
reduced and fhe procedure fo be IoIIowed In fhaf regard, fhe
provIsIons oI sub-secfIon t4) oI secfIon 11, secfIons 12 and 16
shaII nutatis nutanJis appIy as fhey appIy In respecf oI rafe
oI InIfIaI Iee and Ievy fhereoI.
14. t1) Any person who, aIfer fhe commencemenf oI fhIs Acf,
Infends fo consfrucf a buIIdIng Ior whIch permIssIon oI fhe AufhorIfy
Is requIred, whefher he has appIIed Ior such permIssIon or nof,
or who has commenced consfrucfIon oI a buIIdIng, shaII appIy
fo fhe AufhorIfy wIfhIn such fIme and In such manner as may
be prescrIbed, Ior fhe assessmenf oI Iees payabIe In respecf fhereoI.
t2) The AufhorIfy shaII, on such appIIcafIon beIng made or
II no such appIIcafIon Is made, by a person consfrucfIng a buIIdIng,
fhen aIfer servIng a nofIce In wrIfIng on fhe person IIabIe fo
such paymenf and aIfer caIIIng Ior a reporf In fhIs behaII Irom
fhe concerned oIIIcer oI fhe AufhorIfy and aIfer fakIng Info
consIderafIon fhe reporf aIoresaId, defermIne whefher or nof and,
II so, whaf Iee Is IevIabIe In respecf oI fhaf consfrucfIon, and
aIfer gIvIng fhe person concerned an opporfunIfy fo be heard,
shaII fhen assess fhe amounf oI Iee payabIe by such person and
gIve fo such person a nofIce In wrIfIng oI such assessmenf :
IrovIded fhaf,
ta) where permIssIon has nof been granfed Ior consfrucfIng
a buIIdIng, fhe AufhorIfy may posfpone fhe assessmenf oI fhe
Iee ;
tb) where fhe appIIcafIon reIafes fo fhe consfrucfIon oI a
buIIdIng, fhe AufhorIfy may reIuse fo assess fhe amounf oI
Iee payabIe by such person concerned unIess If Is safIsIIed fhaf
fhe appIIcanf has an Inferesf In fhe Iand or buIIdIng suIIIcIenf
fo enabIe hIm fo carry ouf fhe consfrucfIon or fhaf fhe appIIcanf
Is abIe fo acquIre such Inferesf and fhaf fhe appIIcanf shaII
carry ouf fhe consfrucfIon wIfhIn such perIod as fhe AufhorIfy
may defermIne.
tJ) ta) In case oI every buIIdIng fhe consfrucfIon oI whIch has
been compIefed ImmedIafeIy beIore fhe dafe oI comIng Info Iorce
oI fhIs Acf, no Iees shaII be IevIed under fhIs Chapfer.
tb) In fhe case oI every buIIdIng fhe consfrucfIon oI whIch
has been compIefed on or aIfer fhe dafe oI comIng Info Iorce
oI fhIs Acf, such Iee, unIess If has aIready been paId In accordance
wIfh fhe provIsIons oI any Iaw or buIIdIng bye-Iaws or reguIafIons
In Iorce ImmedIafeIy beIore fhe dafe appoInfed under sub-secfIon t1)
oI secfIon 11, shaII be payabIe, by fhe owner and II fhe owner
Is nof fraceabIe by fhe occupIer.
Assessmenf
and
coIIecfIon oI
Iees.
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t4) The annuaI Iee IevIabIe under fhIs Acf shaII be payabIe
by fhe owner or occupIer, In fhe case oI fhe exIsfIng such buIIdIng,
Irom fhe dafe appoInfed under sub-secfIon t1) oI secfIon 11, and
In fhe case oI such buIIdIng fhe consfrucfIon oI whIch Is compIefed
aIfer such dafe, Irom fhe dafe oI occupancy cerfIIIcafe granfed
In respecf oI such buIIdIng by fhe AufhorIfy, and In advance
In haII yearIy InsfaIImenf or In fhe same manner In whIch properfy
faxes are payabIe under fhe reIevanf munIcIpaI Iaw, or as fhe
case may be, any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce, wIfhIn
fhe area oI jurIsdIcfIon oI fhe AufhorIfy :
IrovIded fhaf, fhe IIabIIIfy oI fhe occupIer fo pay fhe Iee under
fhIs sub-secfIon shaII be onIy fo fhe exfenf oI fhe Iee payabIe
In respecf oI buIIf-up area under hIs occupafIon IncIudIng hIs
share In fhe area comprIsIng common IacIIIfIes In such buIIdIng
or parf fhereoI.
Exp/anation.Ior fhe purposes oI assessmenf oI Iee under fhIs
Acf, fhe buIIf-up area shaII be gross buIIf-up area, whIch IncIudes
area oI easemenfs, sfIIfs, sfaIr-cases, IIIfs, IobbIes, passages, baIconIes,
canfIIever porfIons and reIuge areas as shown In fhe buIIdIng
pIan cerfIIIed by fhe ArchIfecf and submIffed fo fhe AufhorIfy
aIongwIfh fhe appIIcafIon Ior permIssIon Ior consfrucfIon oI a buIIdIng.
The buIIf-up area fo be caIcuIafed Ior fhIs purpose wIII have
no reIafIon wIfh fhe IIoor space Index or fhe buIIf-up area caIcuIafed
In any ofher manner.
t6) The amounf oI Iee as shown In fhe nofIce oI assessmenf
shaII be paId wIfhIn fhIrfy days oI fhe dafe oI receIpf fhereoI
by such person as aIoresaId and where fhe amounf has nof been
so paId or has been parfIy paId, an Inferesf af fhe rafe oI eIghfeen
per cenf. per annum upon any amounf oufsfandIng shaII be payabIe
Irom fhe dafe ImmedIafeIy IoIIowIng fhe dafe on whIch fhe perIod
oI fhIrfy days as aIoresaId expIres fIII fhe dafe oI paymenf oI
such amounf.
t6) The AufhorIfy shaII, In regard fo fhe area IyIng wIfhIn
Ifs jurIsdIcfIon, coIIecf aII Iees due under fhIs Acf In respecf
oI consfrucfIon oI any buIIdIng In fhaf area.
Exp/anation.Ior fhe removaI oI doubf, If Is cIarIIIed fhaf where
fhe area oI jurIsdIcfIon oI any fwo or more AufhorIfIes over-
Iaps, fhe AufhorIfy whIch Is empowered by or under fhe provIsIons
oI fhe Iaw under whIch If IuncfIons, fo granf permIssIon Ior
consfrucfIon oI a buIIdIng shaII be fhe AufhorIfy Ior fhe purposes
oI fhIs secfIon.
t7) ta) The Iee, fogefher wIfh Inferesf, II any, payabIe In respecf
oI any buIIdIng shaII, subjecf fo fhe provIsIons oI sub-secfIon tS),
be fhe IIrsf charge on such buIIdIng and fhe Iand appurfenanf
fherefo, subjecf fo fhe prIor paymenf oI Iand revenue, II any,
due fo fhe Oovernmenf fhereon.
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tb) The Iee payabIe In respecf oI any buIIdIng by any person
shaII, fogefher wIfh Inferesf due upfo fhe dafe oI reaIIzafIon,
be recoverabIe Irom fhe owner, or as fhe case may be, occupIer
or hIs successor In Inferesf In such buIIdIng, In fhe same manner
In whIch properfy faxes are payabIe under fhe reIevanf munIcIpaI
Iaw, or as fhe case may be, any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng
In Iorce wIfhIn fhe area oI jurIsdIcfIon oI fhe AufhorIfy :
IrovIded fhaf, fhe IIabIIIfy oI fhe occupIer fo pay fhe Iee shaII
be onIy fo fhe exfenf oI fhe Iee payabIe In respecf oI fhe buIIf-
up area under hIs occupafIon IncIudIng hIs share In fhe area
comprIsIng common IacIIIfIes In such buIIdIng or parf fhereoI.
tS) ofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In cIause t11) oI secfIon
2 or sub-secfIon t7) oI fhIs secfIon, where a promofer as deIIned
In cIause tc) oI secfIon 2 oI fhe Maharashfra OwnershIp IIafs
tIeguIafIon oI fhe promofIon oI consfrucfIon, saIe, managemenf
and fransIer) Acf, 1963 thereInaIfer, In fhIs sub-secfIon, reIerred
fo as fhe saId Acf oI 1963 ) has consfrucfed or Infends fo consfrucf
any buIIdIng consIsfIng oI IIafs or aparfmenfs, fhe IIabIIIfy fo
pay fhe Iee tIncIudIng annuaI Iee) In respecf oI any such buIIdIng
and Inferesf, II any, shaII be fhaf oI such promofer ; and any
amounf oI such Iee and Inferesf remaInIng oufsfandIng shaII, wIfhouf
prejudIce fo any ofher mode oI recovery fhereoI avaIIabIe agaInsf
such promofer, be fhe IIrsf charge on any ofher properfy whIch
he owns or In whIch he has a rIghf, fIfIe or Inferesf tIn whIch
case such charge shaII be IImIfed fo fhe exfenf oI hIs such rIghf,
fIfIe or Inferesf), subjecf fo fhe prIor paymenf oI Iand revenue,
II any, due fo Oovernmenf fhereon :
IrovIded fhaf, fhe IIabIIIfy oI fhe Iromofer fo pay such Iee
and Inferesf, II any, shaII exfend fo and be IImIfed fo fhe dafe
oI execufIon oI fhe conveyance by fhe promofer under secfIon
11 oI fhe saId Acf oI 1963.
15. o Iee shaII be IevIed on any buIIdIng vesfed In or under
fhe confroI or possessIon oI fhe CenfraI or Sfafe Oovernmenf
or any AufhorIfy.
16. t1) Where If appears fo fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf fhaf fhe
baIance oI fhe IIre IrofecfIon Iund oI any AufhorIfy Is InsuIIIcIenf
Ior meefIng any expendIfure requIred fo be Incurred Ior purchasIng
and maInfaInIng IIre IIghfIng equIpmenf and properfy and Ior
maInfenance fhereoI or Ior creafIng posfs oI oIIIcers, sfaII and
servanfs Ior meefIng fhe requIremenfs fo provIde IIre servIces
or generaIIy Ior perIormance oI IIre IIghfIng operafIons ; or fhaf
such baIance Is more fhan fhe requIremenfs Ior fhe purposes
aIoresaId, fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/
Oa:ette, requIre fhe AufhorIfy fo enhance fhe rafe oI Iee or
reduce fhe enhanced Iee, II any, af such rafe as may be specIIIed
Mah.
XIV
oI
1963.
xempfIon.
Iower oI
Sfafe
Oovernmenf
fo requIre
AufhorIfy fo
enhance or
reduce
enhanced
Iee.
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In fhe saId nofIIIcafIon, so, however fhaf any reducfIon In rafe
shaII nof aIIecf fhe mInImum rafes as specIIIed In fhe reIevanf
sub-coIumns In fhe saId ScheduIe ;
t2) AIfer receIpf oI such requIsIfIon as aIoresaId fhe AufhorIfy
shaII IorfhwIfh proceed fo enhance or, as fhe case may be, reduce
fhe enhanced Iee In accordance wIfh fhe requIsIfIon and fhe resoIufIon
oI fhe AufhorIfy passed In fhaf behaII and fhe rafe oI Iee specIIIed
fhereIn shaII fake eIIecf Irom fhe dafe oI resoIufIon ; and fhe
provIsIons oI sub-secfIon tJ) oI secfIon 12 shaII nutatis nutanJis
appIy Ior fhe pubIIcafIon oI such resoIufIon.
1?. o assessmenf or no charge or demand oI any Iee IncIudIng
Inferesf, II any, made under fhe aufhorIfy oI fhIs Acf shaII be
InvaIId by reason oI any cIerIcaI error or ofher deIecf oI Iorm,
and when any properfy Is descrIbed Ior fhe purpose oI assessIng
any such Iee, If shaII be suIIIcIenf fo descrIbe If so fhaf If shaII
be generaIIy known, and If shaII nof be necessary fo name fhe
owner or occupIer fhereoI.
CHAITI V
IICTOI OI III SIVICS
18. t1) The Sfafe Oovernmenf shaII appoInf a person fo be
fhe Irecfor oI IIre ServIces and such ofher oIIIcers and sfaII
as may be necessary Irom fIme fo fIme fo assIsf fhe Irecfor
whIIe exercIsIng hIs powers or dIschargIng hIs dufIes or IuncfIons
under fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes made fhereunder.
t2) The jurIsdIcfIon oI fhe Irecfor so appoInfed shaII exfend
fo fhe enfIre Sfafe In maffers reIafIng fo IIre servIces.
tJ) Subjecf fo fhe confroI, dIrecfIon and supervIsIon oI fhe Sfafe
Oovernmenf, fhe Irecfor shaII exercIse such powers and perIorm
such dufIes as are conIerred and Imposed upon hIm by fhIs Acf
or ruIes or orders made fhereunder.
19. WIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe provIsIons oI sub-secfIon tJ) oI
secfIon 18, fhe Irecfor shaII,
ti) IuncfIon as Head oI eparfmenf In fhe oIIIce oI fhe Irecfor ;
tii) keep IIaIson wIfh fhe CenfraI Oovernmenf and Sfafe
Oovernmenf oIIIces Ior fhe deveIopmenf oI IIre servIces ;
tiii) Irame fhe poIIcIes In reIafIon fo fhe deveIopmenf oI
IIre servIces In fhe Sfafe and, on approvaI by fhe Sfafe
Oovernmenf, fake sfeps fo ImpIemenf fhe same ;
tio) exercIse supervIsIon and confroI, over aII AufhorIfIes In
maffers oI IIre prevenfIon and IIre saIefy measures ; and subjecf
fo fhe approvaI oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf, Issue such dIrecfIons
fo any AufhorIfy In respecf oI IIre servIces maInfaIned or requIred
fo be maInfaIned by fhem ;
Assessmenf
oI Iee nof
InvaIId Ior
deIecf or
error.
AppoInfmenf
oI Irecfor,
ofher oIIIcers
and sfaII fo
assIsf
Irecfor.
Iowers and
dufIes or
IuncfIons oI
Irecfor.
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to) represenf fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf on afIonaI and
InfernafIonaI Iorums wIfh a vIew fo updafIng fhe sfandard oI
IIre servIces In fhe Sfafe oI Maharashfra ;
toi) prepare and submIf pIans and proposaIs fo fhe Sfafe
Oovernmenf wIfh regard fo fhe perIodIcaI revIew oI IIre equIpmenf,
IIre properfy and IIre manpower Ior eIIecfIve ImpIemenfafIon
oI IIre servIces by fhe AufhorIfIes ;
toii) fake or cause fo be faken such eIIecfIve sfeps and measures
In cases oI major IIres, house coIIapse and ofher emergencIes
or caIamIfIes ;
toiii) InvesfIgafe or cause fo be InvesfIgafed fhe cause oI
IIre and advIse fhe AufhorIfIes Ior ImpIemenfIng IIre precaufIonary
measures ;
tix) advIse fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf fo sef up addIfIonaI IIre
TraInIng Cenfer or Cenfers Ior ImparfIng fraInIng fo fhe oIIIcers
and sfaII aIready empIoyed In fhe IIre rIgades maInfaIned
by fhe AufhorIfIes as aIso fo cafer fo fhe need oI fhe varIous
IndusfrIes, commercIaI and mercanfIIe esfabIIshmenfs In fhe
prIvafe secfor and fo fraIn fheIr oIIIcers or sfaII or fo provIde
fhem fhe fraIned and quaIIIIed IIre servIce personneI ;
tx) requIsIfIon IIre-IIghfIng properfy oI any AufhorIfy or any
InsfIfufIon or IndIvIduaI, whIch In hIs opInIon Is requIred Ior
fhe purpose oI exfInguIshIng IIre In any area ; and fo defermIne
fhe amounf oI compensafIon payabIe In respecf oI such properfy
by an aufhorIfy In fhe area oI whIch aufhorIfy, such IIre operafIon
Is requIred fo be carrIed ouf ;
txi) exercIse such ofher powers and perIorm such ofher dufIes
and IuncfIons as may be conIerred, Imposed or aIIoffed fo hIm
by or under fhe provIsIons oI fhIs Acf.
20. t1) When fhe Irecfor Is InIormed, on a compIaInf made
or ofherwIse fhaf deIauIf has been made In fhe perIormance oI
any dufy Imposed on an AufhorIfy by or under fhIs Acf or by
or under any enacfmenf In reIafIon fo IIre IIghfIng measures
or operafIons Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce, fhe Irecfor, II safIsIIed
aIfer due InquIry, fhaf fhe aIIeged deIauIf has been made, may,
by order, IIx a perIod Ior fhe perIormance oI fhaf dufy and
communIcafe such order fo fhe AufhorIfy.
t2) II fhe dufy Is nof perIormed wIfhIn fhe perIod so IIxed,
fhe Irecfor may appoInf some person fo perIorm If, and may
dIrecf fhaf fhe expenses oI perIormIng If, wIfh a reasonabIe
remunerafIon fo fhe person appoInfed fo perIorm If, shaII be
IorfhwIfh paId by fhe AufhorIfy.
tJ) II fhe expense and remunerafIon are nof so paId, fhe Irecfor
may make an order dIrecfIng fhe bank In whIch any moneys
Iower oI
Irecfor fo
enIorce
perIormance
oI dufIes.
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oI fhe AufhorIfy are deposIfed or fhe person In charge oI fhe
IocaI Oovernmenf Treasury or oI any ofher pIace oI securIfy In
whIch fhe moneys oI fhe AufhorIfy are deposIfed, fo pay such
expenses and remunerafIon Irom such moneys as may be sfandIng
fo fhe credIf oI fhe AufhorIfy In such bank or may be In fhe
hands oI such person or as may, Irom fIme fo fIme, be receIved
Irom or on behaII oI fhe AufhorIfy by way oI deposIf by such
bank or person, and such bank or person shaII be bound fo
obey such order. very paymenf made pursuanf fo such order
shaII be a suIIIcIenf dIscharge fo such bank or person Irom aII
IIabIIIfy fo fhe AufhorIfy In respecf oI any sum or sums so paId
by If or hIm ouf oI fhe moneys oI fhe AufhorIfy so deposIfed
wIfh such bank or person.
CHAITI VI
IIOVISIOS IOAIIO III OIIICIS A III IISOI
21. t1) Ior fhe purpose oI provIdIng adequafe number oI oIIIcers
and sfaII Ior meefIng fhe needs oI IIre servIces wIfhIn fhe jurIsdIcfIon
oI fhe IocaI aufhorIfIes and pIannIng aufhorIfIes havIng regard
fo fhe pofenfIaI IIre hazards In cerfaIn IndusfrIes and Iarge
commercIaI and mercanfIIe esfabIIshmenfs and buIIdIngs and fhe
number oI IIre sfafIons requIred fo be provIded Ior and maInfaIned
wIfhIn fhe respecfIve areas oI fhe IocaI aufhorIfIes and fhe pIannIng
aufhorIfIes, such AufhorIfIes shaII be cIassIIIed as under :
ta) fhe MunIcIpaI CorporafIon oI Brihan Munbai ;
tb) MunIcIpaI CorporafIons havIng mInImum popuIafIon above
IIIfeen Iakhs fo be cIassIIIed as ' A ` CIass MunIcIpaI CorporafIons ;
tc) MunIcIpaI CorporafIons havIng popuIafIon oI IIve Iakhs
and above upfo IIIfeen Iakhs, fo be cIassIIIed as ' ` CIass
MunIcIpaI CorporafIons ;
tJ) aII ofher MunIcIpaI CorporafIons nof covered by cIauses
ta), tb) or tc) fo be cIassIIIed as ' C ` CIass MunIcIpaI CorporafIons ;
and
te) MunIcIpaI CouncIIs, Nagar Fanchayats, IndusfrIaI TownshIps
and pIannIng aufhorIfIes fo be cIassIIIed as ' ` CIass MunIcIpaI
CouncIIs, Nagar Fanchayats, IndusfrIaI TownshIps and pIannIng
aufhorIfIes.
t2) Subjecf fo fhe dIrecfIons, II any, as fhe Irecfor may, wIfh
fhe approvaI oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/
Oa:ette, Issue Irom fIme fo fIme, In fhIs behaII, fhe exIsfIng
paffern oI fhe IIre rIgade IncIudIng fhe quaIIIIcafIon, pay, aIIowances
and ofher condIfIons oI servIce and mefhod oI recruIfmenf oI
fhe oIIIcers and ofher sfaII engaged fhereIn, In fhe MunIcIpaI
CorporafIon oI Brihan Munbai shaII confInue.
CIassIIIcafIon
oI
AufhorIfIes
and creafIon
oI posfs In
IIre servIces.
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tJ) The MunIcIpaI CorporafIons and fhe MunIcIpaI CouncIIs, Nagar
Fanchayats, IndusfrIaI TownshIps and fhe pIannIng aufhorIfIes may,
and, II so requIred by fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf, shaII creafe aII
or any oI fhe IoIIowIng posfs, nameIy :
ta) Ior MunIcIpaI CorporafIons oI 'A`, '` and 'C` CIasses,
ti) ChIeI IIre OIIIcer,
tii) epufy ChIeI IIre OIIIcer,
tiii) IvIsIonaI IIre OIIIcer,
tio) AssIsfanf IvIsIonaI IIre OIIIcer,
to) SfafIon OIIIcer,
toi) AssIsfanf SfafIon OIIIcer,
toii) Sub-OIIIcer,
toiii) any ofher IIre OIIIcer and IIre IersonneI wIfh such
desIgnafIons as fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by order, dIrecf
Irom fIme fo fIme.
tb) Ior ' ` CIass MunIcIpaI CouncIIs, Nagar Fanchayats,
IndusfrIaI TownshIps and pIannIng aufhorIfIes,
ti) ChIeI IIre SuperInfendenf or IIre SuperInfendenf,
tii) AssIsfanf ChIeI IIre SuperInfendenf or AssIsfanf IIre
SuperInfendenf,
tiii) SfafIon OIIIcer,
tio) AssIsfanf SfafIon OIIIcer,
to) Sub-OIIIcer,
toi) any ofher IIre OIIIcer and IIre IersonneI wIfh such
desIgnafIons as fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by order, dIrecf
Irom fIme fo fIme.
t4) WIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe provIsIons oI sub-secfIon t2)
buf, subjecf fo fhe provIsIons oI secfIon 22, fhe quaIIIIcafIon, pay,
aIIowances and ofher condIfIons oI servIce and mefhod oI recruIfmenf
oI fhe oIIIcers specIIIed In sub-secfIons t2) and tJ) shaII be reguIafed
by orders Issued by fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf In fhIs behaII.
t6) Subjecf fo fhe provIsIons oI secfIon 22 or any order Issued
by fhe Irecfor or fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf In fhIs behaII, fhe
power oI makIng appoInfmenf fo fhe posfs specIIIed In sub-secfIons
t2) and tJ) shaII vesf In fhe MunIcIpaI CorporafIon, MunIcIpaI
CouncII, Nagar Fanchayats, IndusfrIaI TownshIps or pIannIng
aufhorIfy, as fhe case may be.
22. t1) II fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf consIders If necessary or expedIenf
Ior fhe purpose oI brIngIng abouf a more eIIIcIenf IIre ServIce
oI OIIIcers oI MunIcIpaI CorporafIons, MunIcIpaI CouncIIs, Nagar
Fanchayats, IndusfrIaI TownshIps and pIannIng aufhorIfIes wIfh
unIIorm ferms and condIfIons oI servIce fo carry ouf fhe IuncfIons
and dufIes by or under fhIs Acf, fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may,
nofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In fhIs Acf or any ofher Iaw
Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette,
ConsfIfufIon
oI
Maharashfra
IIre ServIces
and
provIsIons
reIafIng
fherefo.
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ta) consfIfufe, In respecf oI aII or any cIass or cIasses oI
MunIcIpaI CorporafIons, MunIcIpaI CouncIIs, Nagar Fanchayats,
IndusfrIaI TownshIps or pIannIng aufhorIfIes as specIIIed In sub-
secfIons t2) and tJ) oI secfIon 21, a IIre servIce or servIces
tfo be caIIed by such desIgnafIons as may be specIIIed In fhe
nofIIIcafIon) oI,
ti) ChIeI IIre OIIIcers oI such AufhorIfIes or any oI fhem,
and
tii) aII or any oI fhe ofher oIIIcers, specIIIed In sub-secfIons
t2) and tJ) oI secfIon 21 ;
tb) dIrecf Irom fIme fo fIme fhaf each such IIre servIce
shaII consIsf oI such cIasses, cadres and posfs tIncIudIng grades
oI posfs) and fhe InIfIaI sfrengfh oI oIIIcers In each such cIasses
or cadres shaII be such, as may be specIIIed In fhe nofIIIcafIon,
and
tc) Iurfher dIrecf fhaf fhe oIIIcers IncIuded In any such cIasses
or cadres shaII beIong fo such servIce oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf
as may be specIIIed In fhe nofIIIcafIon.
t2) The Sfafe Oovernmenf may make ruIes Ior reguIafIng fhe
mode oI recruIfmenf by hoIdIng examInafIons or ofherwIse ; IncIudIng
provIsIons Ior fhe absorpfIon oI person or persons aIready workIng
under any oI fhe AufhorIfIes In IIre servIce or servIces consfIfufed
under fhIs secfIon or ofherwIse and provIdIng Ior fermInaI beneIIfs
as compensafIon, pensIon or grafuIfy or fhe IIke, fo persons who
eIecf nof fo be absorbed or cannof be absorbed, or who eIecf
fo refIre, and fhe condIfIons oI servIce oI persons appoInfed or
absorbed, fo such IIre servIces and In respecf oI persons appoInfed
or absorbed In such servIces consfIfufed under fhIs secfIon, fhe
provIsIons wIfh regard fo punIshmenf oI oIIIcers and servanfs
appIIcabIe fo fhem by vIrfue oI fhe provIsIons made by or under
any Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce and In operafIon wIfhIn
fhe area oI jurIsdIcfIon oI such AufhorIfy under whIch such persons
are servIng on fhe dafe oI such appoInfmenf or absorpfIon, shaII
cease fo appIy :
IrovIded fhaf, such cessor shaII nof, In reIafIon fo absorbed
oIIIcers, aIIecf fhe prevIous operafIon oI such provIsIons In respecf
oI anyfhIng done or omIffed fo be done beIore such absorpfIon :
IrovIded Iurfher fhaf, fhe ferms and condIfIons oI servIce
appIIcabIe ImmedIafeIy beIore fhe appoInfed day fo any oIIIcer
shaII nof be varIed fo hIs dIsadvanfage, excepf wIfh fhe prevIous
approvaI oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf.
tJ) xcepf as ofherwIse provIded In any ruIes made under sub-
secfIon t2), aII ruIes, reguIafIons or orders as amended Irom fIme
fo fIme and Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce In fhe Sfafe and appIIcabIe
fo oIIIcers In fhe reIevanf cIass oI servIce oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf
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shaII confInue fo appIy fo oIIIcers appoInfed fo, or absorbed In,
any such servIce and shaII be deemed fo be ruIes, reguIafIons
or orders made under fhIs Acf, unfII ofher ruIes, reguIafIons
or orders, II any, are made In fhIs behaII or subjecf fo such
modIIIcafIons, as fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, Irom fIme fo fIme,
by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, and In any ofher prescrIbed
manner make.
t4) ofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In sub-secfIon t6) oI secfIon
21, fhe power oI makIng appoInfmenfs oI oIIIcers fo any such
IIre servIce under fhIs secfIon IncIudIng promofIons, fransIers and
aII maffers reIafIng fo any condIfIons oI servIce shaII vesf In
fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf or fhe Irecfor when duIy aufhorIzed by
fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf Ior fhaf purpose.
t6) The oIIIcers IncIuded In any IIre servIce consfIfufed under
fhIs secfIon shaII be fhe servanfs oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf ; buf
fhey shaII draw fheIr saIarIes and aIIowances dIrecfIy Irom fhe
munIcIpaI Iund or fhe Iund oI fhe pIannIng aufhorIfy.
t6) There shaII be paId every year ouf oI fhe munIcIpaI or
pIannIng aufhorIfy Iund fo fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf such cosf as
fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may defermIne on accounf oI pensIon, Ieave
and aIIowances, ofher fhan fhose drawn Irom fhe munIcIpaI Iund
or fhe Iund oI fhe pIannIng aufhorIfy under sub-secfIon t6), oI
fhe oIIIcers beIongIng fo any oI fhe IIre servIces consfIfufed under
fhIs secfIon and aII fhe expenses Incurred by fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf
Ior admInIsferIng fhe IIre servIce or servIces consfIfufed under
fhIs secfIon. II any such MunIcIpaI or pIannIng aufhorIfy IaIIs
fo pay such cosf and expenses tor fhe saIarIes and aIIowances
oI such oIIIcers) wIfhIn fhe perIod prescrIbed In fhIs behaII, fhen
fhe provIsIons oI sub-secfIon tJ) oI secfIon 20 shaII appIy fo fhe
paymenf oI such cosf and expenses tor fhe saIarIes and aIIowances
oI such oIIIcers) as fhey appIy In reIafIon fo fhe paymenf oI
fhe expense and remunerafIon nof paId under fhaf secfIon.
23. The AufhorIfy may creafe posfs oI ofher cIerIcaI sfaII and
servanfs and appoInf persons fherefo Ior carryIng ouf day fo day
acfIvIfIes and maInfenance oI records In fhe oIIIce oI fhe IIre
rIgade, In fhe same manner as fhey are creafed and appoInfed
by or under fhe provIsIons oI fhe Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In
Iorce and appIIcabIe fo such AufhorIfy.
24. Save as ofherwIse provIded by or under fhIs Acf, every
person hoIdIng oIIIce eIfher as a ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or IIre OIIIcer
or SfaII or empIoyee or servanf tby whafever desIgnafIon caIIed)
on an exIsfIng IIre rIgade or IIre servIce oI any AufhorIfy
on fhe dafe ImmedIafeIy beIore fhe commencemenf oI fhIs Acf
shaII confInue fo hoId oIIIce on fhe same ferms and condIfIons
as were appIIcabIe fo hIm ImmedIafeIy beIore such dafe and shaII
exercIse such powers and perIorm such dufIes as beIore and In
addIfIon fo fhose as are conIerred on fhem by or under fhIs
Acf.
AppoInfmenf
oI ofher sfaII
and servanf.
ConfInuafIon
oI exIsfIng
IIre OIIIcer
and sfaII.
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CHAITI VII
COSTIT!TIO OI SICIAI I!
25. t1) There shaII be consfIfufed a specIaI Iund caIIed fhe
IIre IrofecfIon Iund fo whIch shaII be credIfed fhe Iees Imposed
and coIIecfed under fhIs Acf.
t2) The specIaI Iund shaII be reIIecfed Info fhe budgef esfImafe
oI fhe respecfIve AufhorIfy and fhe Accounfs In respecf fhereoI
shaII be maInfaIned and audIfed In accordance wIfh fhe procedure
prescrIbed Ior fhe purpose oI maInfenance oI accounfs In fhe
reIevanf Iaw or fhe ruIes and orders made fhereunder and are
appIIcabIe fo fhe respecfIve AufhorIfy.
tJ) The amounfs In fhe Iund shaII subjecf fo fhe provIsIons
oI fhIs Acf and subjecf fo fhe generaI or specIaI order oI fhe
Sfafe Oovernmenf, be appIIed Ior fhe purpose oI maInfaInIng IIre
rIgade In generaI twhIch shaII aIso IncIude fhe expendIfure on
saIarIes, aIIowances and ofher IncIdenfaI expenses on fhe IIre
OIIIcers and SfaII) and Ior provIdIng sophIsfIcafed equIpmenfs and
appIIances, In parfIcuIar, Ior fhe purpose oI prevenfIng and
exfInguIshIng IIre on any Iand or In any buIIdIng wIfhIn or wIfhouf
fhe IImIfs oI fhe AufhorIfy and fo no purpose ofher fhan fhe
purposes menfIoned In fhIs Acf.
CHAITI VIII
S!IIIMTAI A MISCIIAO!S
26. t1) Where fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or any
ofher IIre OIIIcer oI any AufhorIfy, who Is Incharge oI a IIre
IIghfIng operafIon requIres IIre IIghfIng equIpmenf or properfy oI
any ofher AufhorIfy or any InsfIfufIon or IndIvIduaI, he may by
order requIsIfIon such equIpmenf or properfy Ior fhe purpose oI
exfInguIshIng IIre In any area and fake possessIon fhereoI Irom
fhe AufhorIfy or any InsfIfufIon or IndIvIduaI, as fhe case may
be.
t2) As soon as may be, aIfer fhe IIre IIghfIng operafIons are
over, such oIIIcer shaII reIease fhe equIpmenf or properfy, faken
possessIon oI under sub-secfIon t1) Irom requIsIfIon and resfore
fhe same fo fhe AufhorIfy, InsfIfufIon or IndIvIduaI Irom whose
possessIon such properfy was faken.
tJ) Where any IIre IIghfIng equIpmenf or properfy Is requIsIfIoned
under sub-secfIon t1), fhere shaII be paId fo fhe owner oI such
properfy, compensafIon fhe amounf oI whIch shaII be defermIned
In accordance wIfh fhe prIncIpIes hereInaIfer sef ouf, fhaf Is fo
say,
ta) where fhe amounf oI compensafIon can be IIxed by agreemenf
befween fhe Irecfor or, as fhe case may be, fhe ChIeI IIre
OIIIcer and fhe owner oI fhe IIre IIghfIng properfy, If shaII
be paId In accordance wIfh such agreemenf ;
ConsfIfufIon
oI specIaI
Iund.
IequIsIfIonIng
oI IIre
IIghfIng
properfy.
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tb) where no such agreemenf can be reached, fhe Irecfor
or, as fhe case may be, fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer shaII reIer
fhe maffer fo fhe MagIsfrafe havIng jurIsdIcfIon over fhe area
In whIch fhe IIre IIghfIng equIpmenf or properfy was kepf and
fhe MagIsfrafe shaII, aIfer hearIng fhe parfIes and such ofher
persons as he deems necessary, IIx fhe amounf oI compensafIon
fakIng Info consIderafIon fhe renf whIch fhe IIre IIghfIng equIpmenf
or properfy wouId normaIIy Iefch II renfed ouf Ior a sImIIar
purpose. The orders oI fhe MagIsfrafe IIxIng fhe amounf oI
compensafIon shaII be IInaI.
2?. t1) On fhe occasIon oI IIre In any area, fhe Irecfor or
fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or any ofher IIre OIIIcer who Is Incharge
oI IIre IIghfIng operafIons on fhe spof may,
ta) remove, or order any ofher IIre oIIIcer or IIre personneI
fo remove, any person who by hIs presence, InferIeres wIfh
or Impedes fhe operafIons Ior exfInguIshIng fhe IIre or Ior
savIng IIIe or properfy ;
tb) cIose any sfreef or passage In or near whIch IIre Is
burnIng ;
tc) break Info or fhrough, or puII down, any premIses, Ior
fhe passage oI hose or appIIances or cause fhem fo be broken
Info or fhrough, or puIIed down, doIng as IIffIe damage as
possIbIe Ior fhe purpose oI exfInguIshIng IIre :
IrovIded fhaf, fhe owner or occupIer, as fhe case may be,
oI any such premIses shaII be granfed reasonabIe compensafIon
fo fhe exfenf oI fhe damage so caused In such manner as
may be prescrIbed ;
tJ) requIre fhe aufhorIfy Incharge oI wafer suppIy In fhe
area, fo reguIafe fhe wafer maIns so as fo provIde wafer af
a specIIIed pressure af fhe pIace where fhe IIre has broken
ouf and ufIIIze fhe wafer oI any sfream, cIsfern, weII or fank
or oI any avaIIabIe source oI wafer, pubIIc or prIvafe, Ior fhe
purpose oI exfInguIshIng or IImIfIng fhe spread oI such IIre ;
te) exercIse, In fhe absence oI aId Irom fhe poIIce, fhe same
powers Ior dIspersIng an assembIy oI persons IIkeIy fo obsfrucf
fhe IIre-IIghfIng operafIons as II he were an oIIIcer-In-charge
oI a poIIce sfafIon and as II such an assembIy were an unIawIuI
assembIy and be enfIfIed fo fhe same ImmunIfIes and profecfIon
as such oIIIcer, In respecf oI fhe exercIse oI such powers ;
tj) generaIIy fake such measures as may appear necessary
Ior exfInguIshIng fhe IIre or Ior fhe profecfIon oI IIIe or properfy.
t2) Any damage done fo any premIses or properfy, on fhe
occasIon oI IIre, by members oI fhe servIce In fhe due dIscharge
oI fheIr dufIes shaII be deemed fo be damage by IIre wIfhIn
fhe meanIng oI any poIIcy oI Insurance agaInsf IIre.
Iowers oI
Irecfor or
IIre OIIIcer
on occasIon
oI IIre.
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28. If shaII be IawIuI Ior fhe oIIIcer-In-charge oI fhe IIre-IIghfIng
operafIons fo draw wafer Irom any source In fhe area whIch
he consIders necessary Ior such operafIons and on such occasIons
as may be requIred and fhe aufhorIfy or owner or occupIer havIng
confroI over such wafer source shaII suppIy wafer Ior fhaf purpose
af such rafes as may be prescrIbed.
29. ofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In secfIon 26, fhe Irecfor
or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer oI any AufhorIfy or any ofher IIre
OIIIcer aufhorIzed by fhe AufhorIfy, may enfer Info agreemenfs
wIfh any person who empIoys and maInfaIns personneI or equIpmenf
or bofh Ior IIre-IIghfIng purposes, fo secure, on such ferms as
may be prescrIbed, fhe provIsIons by fhaf person oI assIsfance
Ior fhe purpose oI deaIIng wIfh IIres occurrIng In any area In
whIch fhIs Acf Is In Iorce.
30. The Sfafe Oovernmenf may esfabIIsh and maInfaIn one
or more fraInIng cenfres In fhe Sfafe Ior provIdIng courses oI
InsfrucfIon In fhe prevenfIon and exfInguIshmenf oI IIre and may
cIose down or re-esfabIIsh any such cenfre.
31. The Sfafe Oovernmenf may prescrIbe such Iee and such
procedure as If may deem IIf Ior provIdIng a course oI InsfrucfIon
In fhe prevenfIon and exfInguIshmenf oI IIre.
32. t1) Any person aggrIeved by
ta) fhe nofIce Issued under secfIon 6, or
tb) fhe reIusaI oI fhe Irecfor or ChIeI IIre OIIIcer fo pass
an order under sub-secfIon t4) oI secfIon 8, or
tc) fhe nofIce oI assessmenf under sub-secfIon t2) or t4) oI
secfIon 14 ;
may preIer an appeaI fo such an oIIIcer as fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf
may, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, desIgnafe In fhIs behaII,
beIng an oIIIcer nof beIow fhe rank oI Irecfor, and may, by
fhe same nofIIIcafIon or by a IIke nofIIIcafIon desIgnafe one or
more such oIIIcers and assIgn fo fhem fhe areas or parf oI fhe
areas oI fhe IocaI aufhorIfIes or pIannIng aufhorIfIes over whIch
each oI such oIIIcers shaII exercIse hIs jurIsdIcfIon.
t2) Such appeaI shaII be made In such manner and accompanIed
by such Iee, as may be prescrIbed.
tJ) ta) The oIIIcer so desIgnafed may, aIfer gIvIng a reasonabIe
opporfunIfy fo fhe appeIIanf and fhe AufhorIfy, oI beIng heard,
by an order conIIrm, reduce, enhance or annuI fhe assessmenf
oI Iee.
tb) Where fhe assessmenf Is annuIIed or sef asIde In an appeaI,
such oIIIcer decIdIng fhe appeaI may dIrecf fhe AufhorIfy fo make
a Iresh assessmenf aIfer such Iurfher enquIry as may be dIrecfed.
t4) very order passed In appeaI under fhIs secfIon shaII be
IInaI and concIusIve.
Iower oI fhe
oIIIcer-In-
charge oI
IIre IIghfIng
arrangemenfs
Ior suppIy oI
wafer.
Iower oI
Irecfor or
ChIeI IIre
OIIIcer or
IIre OIIIcer
fo enfer
Info
agreemenfs
Ior
assIsfance.
TraInIng
Cenfres.
Ievy oI
fraInIng
Iee.
AppeaIs.
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33. o appeaI under secfIon 32 shaII be enferfaIned unIess,
ta) fhe appeaI
ti) under cIause ta) or tb) oI sub-secfIon t1) oI secfIon
32 Is broughf wIfhIn IIIfeen days Irom fhe dafe oI servIce
oI nofIce or fhe dafe on whIch fhe reIusaI Is communIcafed
fo fhe appeIIanf ;
tii) under cIause tc) oI sub-secfIon t1) oI secfIon 32 Is
broughf wIfhIn Iorfy-IIve days aIfer fhe receIpf oI nofIce oI
fhe assessmenf :
IrovIded fhaf, fhe OIIIcer so desIgnafed may admIf an
appeaI preIerred aIfer fhe expIrafIon oI fhe IIIfeen days or,
as fhe case may be, Iorfy-IIve days as aIoresaId II, such
oIIIcer Is safIsIIed fhaf fhe appeIIanf had suIIIcIenf cause Ior
nof preIerrIng fhe appeaI wIfhIn fhe saId perIod,
tb) fhe IuII amounf cIaImed In fhe nofIce oI assessmenf Irom
fhe appeIIanf fogefher wIfh fhe amounf oI Inferesf, II any,
due fhereon fIII fhe dafe oI preIerrIng an appeaI, has been
deposIfed by hIm In fhe oIIIce oI fhe AufhorIfy.
34. II as a resuIf oI an order passed In appeaI under secfIon
32, fhe assessmenf Is enhanced and any amounf oI dIIIerence
Is requIred fo be recovered Irom fhe appeIIanf or any amounf
Irom ouf oI fhe amounf paId under cIause tb) oI secfIon 33 Is
requIred fo be reIunded fo fhe appeIIanf, an Inferesf af fhe rafe
oI eIghfeen per cenf. per annum shaII be payabIe,
ta) In fhe case oI amounf fo be so recovered, Irom fhe
dafe oI receIpf oI nofIce oI orIgInaI assessmenf fIII fhe dafe
oI recovery fhereoI ;
tb) In fhe case oI amounf fo be so reIunded, Irom fhe dafe
on whIch fhe amounf was paId under cIause tb) oI secfIon
33 fIII fhe dafe oI reIund fhereoI.
35. o courf shaII enferfaIn any suIf, appIIcafIon or ofher
proceedIng In respecf oI any nofIce under secfIon 6 or any acfIon
faken under secfIon 8 or order oI reIusaI fo permIf removaI
oI seaI passed under sub-secfIon t4) oI secfIon 8 oI fhIs Acf or
nofIce oI assessmenf under sub-secfIon t2) or t4) oI secfIon 14 ;
and no such nofIce or acfIon or order shaII be caIIed In quesfIon
ofherwIse fhan by preIerrIng an appeaI as provIded by fhIs Acf.
36. t1) Whoever confravenes any provIsIon oI any oI fhe IoIIowIng
secfIons, nameIy :
ta) under secfIon 3,
ti) sub-secfIon t1), IaIIure oI fhe owner or, as fhe case
may be, fhe occupIer fo provIde and maInfaIn fhe IIre
prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy equIpmenf In good repaIr and eIIIcIenf
condIfIon ;
tii) sub-secfIon t4), famperIng wIfh, aIferIng, removIng or
causIng any Injury or damage fo any IIre prevenfIon and
IIIe saIefy equIpmenf InsfaIIed In a buIIdIng or InsfIgafIng
any ofher person fo do so ;
Irocedure
Ior IIIIng
appeaI.
Inferesf on
amounf oI
enhanced
assessmenf
or reIund.
ar oI
jurIsdIcfIon
oI courfs.
OIIences
and
penaIfIes.
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tb) under secfIon 4, sub-secfIon t2), IaIIure fo remove objecfs
or goods IIkeIy fo cause fhe rIsk oI IIre ;
tc) under secfIon 5, sub-secfIon tJ), obsfrucfIng fhe enfry
by a person or moIesfIng such person aIfer such enfry Ior
InspecfIon ;
tJ) under secfIon 6, IaIIure fo compIy wIfh fhe nofIce, dIrecfIng
fhe owner or occupIer fo underfake measures regardIng IIre
prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy ;
te) under secfIon 8,
ti) sub-secfIon t2), IaIIure fo compIy wIfh fhe dIrecfIon Issued
by fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer, as fhe case may
be,
tii) sub-secfIon t4), removIng fhe seaI oI fhe buIIdIng wIfhouf
wrIffen order made by fhe Irecfor or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer ;
tj) under secfIon 10, sub-secfIon t1),
ti) carryIng ouf fhe work oI provIdIng IIre prevenfIon and
IIIe saIefy measures, or perIormIng such ofher reIafed acfIvIfIes
by a person ofher fhan fhe IIcensed Agency ;
tii) gIvIng a cerfIIIcafe under sub-secfIon tJ) oI secfIon 3
wIfhouf fhere beIng acfuaI compIIance or maInfenance oI IIre
prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures and equIpmenf ;
tg) under secfIon 14, sub-secfIons t1) and t2), consfrucfIon
oI a buIIdIng wIfhouf appIyIng Ior permIssIon oI fhe AufhorIfy
or wIfhouf such permIssIon and fhereby avoIdIng fo appIy Ior
assessmenf oI Iee payabIe under fhIs Acf ;
shaII, wIfhouf prejudIce fo any ofher acfIon faken or whIch
may be faken under any oI fhe provIsIons oI fhIs Acf, be
punIshed wIfh rIgorous ImprIsonmenf Ior a ferm whIch shaII
nof be Iess fhan sIx monfhs buf whIch may exfend fo fhree
years and wIfh IIne whIch shaII nof be Iess fhan rupees 20,000
buf whIch may exfend fo rupees 50,000 ; and where fhe oIIence
Is confInuIng one wIfh a Iurfher IIne whIch may exfend fo
rupees 3000 Ior every day durIng whIch such oIIence confInues
aIfer fhe convIcfIon Ior fhe IIrsf such oIIence :
IrovIded fhaf, In fhe absence oI any specIaI and adequafe
reasons fo fhe confrary fo be menfIoned In fhe judgemenf
oI fhe courf, such punIshmenf shaII nof be Iess fhan fhree
monfhs and such IIne shaII nof be Iess fhan fen fhousand
rupees or such daIIy IIne shaII nof be Iess fhan one fhousand
rupees per day Ior a confInuIng oIIence.
Exp/anation.The expressIons used In cIauses ta) fo tg) are
nof Infended as fhe deIInIfIons oI oIIences descrIbed In fhe
secfIons menfIoned In each oI fhese cIauses or even as absfracfs
oI fhose secfIons buf are menfIoned mereIy as reIerences fo
fhe subjecf maffer oI fhe oIIences under fhose secfIons.
t2) Whoever
ta) wIIIIngIy affempfs, In any manner whafsoever, fo evade
any Iee IevIabIe under fhIs Acf, or
tb) wIIIIngIy affempfs, In any manner whafsoever, any paymenf
oI any Iee or Inferesf or bofh under fhIs Acf, or
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tc) confravenes any oI fhe provIsIons oI fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes
Ior whIch no specIIIc penaIfy has been provIded by fhIs Acf,
or
tJ) IaIIs fo compIy wIfh fhe requIremenfs oI any order or
any nofIce or any dIrecfIons Issued under any oI fhe provIsIons
oI fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes by fhe Irecfor or any AufhorIfy
or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer oI such AufhorIfy or any ofher oIIIcer
aufhorIsed by any oI fhem, Ior whIch no specIIIc penaIfy has
been provIded by fhIs Acf,
shaII, on convIcfIon, be punIshed,
ti) In case where fhe amounf oI Iees or Inferesf or bofh
InvoIved exceeds rupees 50,000 durIng fhe perIod oI a year,
wIfh rIgorous ImprIsonmenf Ior a ferm whIch shaII nof be Iess
fhan sIx monfhs buf whIch may exfend fo fhree years and
wIfh IIne ;
tii) In case where such amounf Is Iess fhan rupees 50,000
durIng a year, wIfh rIgorous ImprIsonmenf Ior a ferm whIch
shaII nof be Iess fhan fhree monfhs buf whIch may exfend
fo one year and wIfh IIne ;
tiii) In case oI confravenfIon oI any provIsIon oI fhIs Acf
or fhe ruIes made fhereunder or IaIIure fo compIy wIfh fhe
requIremenfs oI any order or nofIce as aIoresaId, wIfh rIgorous
ImprIsonmenf Ior a ferm whIch shaII nof be Iess fhan sIx
monfhs buf whIch may exfend fo fhree years and wIfh IIne :
IrovIded fhaf, In fhe absence oI any specIaI and adequafe
reasons fo fhe confrary fo be menfIoned In fhe judgemenf
oI fhe courf, punIshmenf under any oI fhese paragraphs shaII
nof be Iess fhan one monfh and such IIne shaII nof be Iess
fhan fwo fhousand rupees.
tJ) Whoever aIds or abefs any person In commIssIon oI any
oIIence specIIIed In sub-secfIon t1) or t2) shaII, II fhe acf Is commIffed
In consequence oI fhe abefmenf, and no express provIsIon Is made
by fhIs Acf Ior fhe punIshmenf oI such abefmenf, be punIshed
wIfh fhe punIshmenf provIded Ior fhe oIIence.
Exp/anation.An acf or oIIence Is saId fo be commIffed In
consequence oI abefmenf, when If Is commIffed In consequence
oI fhe InsfIgafIon, or In pursuance oI fhe conspIracy, or wIfh
fhe aId whIch consfIfufes fhe abefmenf.
3?. OIIences under sub-secfIon t4) oI secfIon 3 and oI removaI
oI seaI wIfhouf an order under sub-secfIon t4) oI secfIon 8 shaII
be cognIzabIe and non-baIIabIe.
38. t1) Where an oIIence under fhIs Acf has been commIffed
by a company every person who, af fhe fIme fhe oIIence was
commIffed, was In charge oI, and was responsIbIe fo, fhe company
Ior fhe conducf oI fhe busIness oI fhe company, as weII as fhe
CognIzabIe
and non-
baIIabIe
oIIences.
OIIences by
companIes.
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company, shaII be deemed fo be guIIfy oI fhe oIIence and shaII
be IIabIe fo be proceeded agaInsf and punIshed accordIngIy :
IrovIded fhaf, nofhIng confaIned In fhIs sub-secfIon shaII render
any such person IIabIe fo any punIshmenf II he proves fhaf fhe
oIIence was commIffed wIfhouf hIs knowIedge or fhaf he had
exercIsed aII due dIIIgence fo prevenf fhe commIssIon oI such
oIIence.
t2) ofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In sub-secfIon t1), where
any oIIence under fhIs Acf has been commIffed by a company
and If Is proved fhaf fhe oIIence has been commIffed wIfh fhe
consenf or connIvance oI, or Is affrIbufabIe fo any negIecf on
fhe parf oI any dIrecfor, manager, secrefary or ofher oIIIcer oI
fhe company, such dIrecfor, manager, secrefary or ofher oIIIcer
shaII aIso be deemed fo be guIIfy oI fhaf oIIence and shaII be
IIabIe fo be proceeded agaInsf and punIshed accordIngIy.
Exp/anation.Ior fhe purposes oI fhIs secfIon,
ta) company means a body corporafe and IncIudes a IIrm
or ofher assocIafIon oI IndIvIduaIs ; and
tb) dIrecfor, In reIafIon fo a IIrm, means a parfner In
fhe IIrm, and In reIafIon fo any assocIafIon oI persons or body
oI IndIvIduaIs, means any member confroIIIng fhe aIIaIrs fhereoI.
39. t1) The Irecfor or ChIeI xecufIve OIIIcer oI fhe AufhorIfy,
by whafever desIgnafIon caIIed, or any person aufhorIsed In fhIs
behaII by any oI fhem by generaI or specIaI order may eIfher
beIore or aIfer fhe InsfIfufIon oI fhe proceedIngs, compound any
oIIence, excIudIng fhose reIerred fo In secfIon 37, made punIshabIe
by or under fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes or wIfhdraw Irom such proceedIngs.
t2) When an oIIence has been compounded, fhe oIIender, II
In cusfody, shaII be dIscharged, and no Iurfher proceedIngs shaII
be faken agaInsf hIm In respecf oI fhe oIIence compounded.
40. Save In fhe case oI cognIzabIe oIIences, no courf shaII
fake cognIzance oI an oIIence under fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes excepf
on fhe compIaInf oI, or upon InIormafIon receIved Irom, fhe Irecfor
or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer or any ofher oIIIcer aufhorIsed by any
oI fhem In fhIs behaII.
41. o courf InIerIor fo fhaf oI a MefropoIIfan MagIsfrafe or
JudIcIaI MagIsfrafe IIrsf CIass, shaII fry an oIIence punIshabIe
under fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes.
42. o suIf, prosecufIon or ofher IegaI proceedIngs shaII IIe
agaInsf any person Ior anyfhIng whIch Is In good IaIfh done or
Infended fo be done under fhIs Acf or fhe ruIes.
43. very oIIIcer or servanf acfIng under fhe provIsIons oI fhIs
Acf or fhe ruIes shaII be deemed fo be a pubIIc servanf wIfhIn
fhe meanIng oI secfIon 21 oI fhe IndIan IenaI Code.
CompoundIng
or
wIfhdrawaI
oI
proceedIngs.
CognIzance
oI oIIence.
JurIsdIcfIon.
IrofecfIon
oI acfIon
faken In
good IaIfh.
OIIIcers, efc.,
fo be pubIIc
servanfs.
45 oI
1860.
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44. t1) The provIsIons oI fhIs Acf and fhe ruIes shaII have
eIIecf nofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng InconsIsfenf fherewIfh confaIned
In any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In Iorce or In any Insfrumenf
havIng eIIecf by vIrfue oI any ofher Iaw.
t2) Subjecf fo fhe provIsIons oI sub-secfIon t1), fhe provIsIons
oI fhIs Acf shaII be In addIfIon fo, and nof, save as expressIy
provIded hereInabove, be In derogafIon oI fhe provIsIons oI any
reIevanf munIcIpaI Iaw or any ofher Iaw Ior fhe fIme beIng In
Iorce In any area In whIch fhIs Acf has come Info Iorce.
45. t1) There shaII be appoInfed by every owner or occupIer,
a IIre oIIIcer or IIre supervIsor Ior every buIIdIng oI fhe IoIIowIng
descrIpfIon, nameIy :
uIIdIng wIfh heIghf more fhan 30 mefres and used Ior,
t1) hofeI,
t2) hospIfaI,
tJ) busIness,
t4) mercanfIIe,
t6) mIxed occupancy oI whafever kInd or purposes.
t2) The quaIIIIcafIons and dufIes oI such IIre oIIIcer or IIre
supervIsor shaII be such as fhe Irecfor may, wIfh fhe approvaI
oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf, by order In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, specIIy.
46. ofwIfhsfandIng anyfhIng confaIned In any ofher Iaw Ior
fhe fIme beIng In Iorce, when anyfhIng In reIafIon fo fhe IIre
prevenfIon and IIIe saIefy measures Is requIred fo be done or
approved under fhIs Acf, any such fhIng shaII nof be deemed
fo have been IawIuIIy done or approved by reason onIy oI fhe
Iacf fhaf permIssIon, approvaI or sancfIon requIred under such
ofher Iaw fhereIor has been obfaIned.
4?. t1) The Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/
Oa:ette, deIegafe any power texcepf fhe power oI makIng ruIes)
exercIsabIe by If under fhIs Acf or ruIes made fhereunder fo
fhe Irecfor In such case and subjecf fo such condIfIons, II any,
as may be specIIIed In such nofIIIcafIon.
t2) The Irecfor may, by an order In wrIfIng, deIegafe any
power exercIsabIe by hIm under fhIs Acf or ruIes made fhereunder
fo any oIIIcer oI fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf subordInafe fo hIm or
fhe ChIeI OIIIcer oI an AufhorIfy tby whafever desIgnafIon caIIed)
or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer oI any AufhorIfy In such case and
subjecf fo such condIfIons, II any, as may be specIIIed In such
order.
48. very AufhorIfy or fhe ChIeI IIre OIIIcer when specIIIcaIIy
aufhorIsed by fhe AufhorIfy In fhIs behaII, shaII IurnIsh fo fhe
Irecfor such reporfs, refurns and ofher InIormafIon as fhe Irecfor
may, Irom fIme fo fIme, requIre.
Acf fo have
overrIdIng
eIIecf, buf
shaII be In
addIfIon fo
exIsIfIng
Iaws.
AppoInfmenf
oI IIre oIIIcer
or IIre
supervIsor In
cerfaIn
buIIdIngs.
IIecf oI
ofher Iaws.
Iower fo
deIegafe.
Iower fo
caII Ior
reporf,
refurn or
InIormafIon.
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49. t1) The Sfafe Oovernmenf may, by nofIIIcafIon In fhe Ojjicia/
Oa:ette, and subjecf fo fhe condIfIon oI prevIous pubIIcafIon, make
ruIes Ior carryIng ouf fhe purposes oI fhIs Acf.
t2) In parfIcuIar and wIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe generaIIfy oI
fhe IoregoIng power, such ruIes may provIde Ior
ta) fhe mInImum sfandards Ior IIre prevenfIon and IIre saIefy
measures ;
tb) eIIgIbIIIfy and fhe procedure Ior granfIng, renewIng or
reIusIng IIcence fo acf as IIcensed Agency under secfIon 9 ;
tc) fhe Iorm In whIch an appeaI shaII be made and fhe
Iees whIch shaII accompany such appeaI under secfIon 32 ;
tJ) procedure fo be IoIIowed af fhe hearIng and dIsposaI
oI appeaI under secfIon 32 ;
te) any ofher maffer whIch may be or Is requIred fo be
provIded by ruIes.
tJ) very ruIe made under fhIs secfIon shaII be IaId, as soon
as may be, aIfer If Is made, beIore each House oI fhe Sfafe
IegIsIafure whIIe If Is In sessIon Ior a fofaI perIod oI fhIrfy
days whIch may be comprIsed In one sessIon or In fwo or more
successIve sessIons and II, beIore fhe expIry oI fhe sessIon In
whIch If Is so IaId or fhe sessIon ImmedIafeIy IoIIowIng, bofh
Houses agree In makIng any modIIIcafIon In fhe ruIe or bofh
Houses agree fhaf fhe ruIe shouId nof be made, and nofIIy such
decIsIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, fhe ruIe shaII, Irom fhe dafe
oI pubIIcafIon oI such decIsIon In fhe Ojjicia/ Oa:ette, have eIIecf
onIy In such modIIIed Iorm or be oI no eIIecf, as fhe case may
be ; so, however, fhaf any such modIIIcafIon or annuImenf shaII
be wIfhouf prejudIce fo fhe vaIIdIfy oI anyfhIng prevIousIy done
or omIffed fo be done under fhaf ruIe.
50. t1) II any dIIIIcuIfy arIses In gIvIng eIIecf fo fhe provIsIons
oI fhIs Acf, fhe Sfafe Oovernmenf may, as occasIon requIres,
by order do anyfhIng nof InconsIsfenf wIfh fhe objecfs and purposes
oI fhIs Acf, whIch appears fo If fo be necessary or expedIenf
Ior fhe purpose oI removIng fhe dIIIIcuIfy :
IrovIded fhaf, no order shaII be made under fhIs secfIon aIfer
fhe expIry oI fwo years Irom fhe dafe oI comIng Info Iorce oI
fhIs Acf.
t2) very order made under sub-secfIon t1) shaII be IaId, as
soon as may be, aIfer If Is made, beIore each House oI fhe
Sfafe IegIsIafure.
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make ruIes.
Iower fo
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ERRATA
In the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006
(Mah. III of 2007), published at pages 12-66 of the Maharashtra Government
Gazette, Part VIII, Extraordinary, dated the 5th February 2007,
(a) On page 13, in line 11, for constructed read construed ;
(b) On page 51, in column 2, for INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS read
INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS (C) ;
(c) On page 58, in column 2, for INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS read
INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS (C) ;
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