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About this act
- Jurisdiction
- Maharashtra
- Enactment date
- 2007-02-05
- Sections available
- 52
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1Short title, extent and commencement.→2Definitions.→3Owners or occupiers’ liability to provide for fire prevention and life safety measures.→4Preventive measures.→5Power of inspection.→6Notice regarding fire prevention and life safety measures.→7Steps to be taken in the event of non-compliance of notice.→8Power to seal building.→9Power to grant license to act as Licensed Agency.→10Licensed Agency to carry out work of providing fire prevention and life safety measures.→11Imposition of fees; and enhancement or reduction thereof.→12Authority to follow preliminary procedure before enhancing or reducing enhanced fee.→13Imposition of annual fee and enhancement and reduction thereof.→14Assessment and collection of fees.→15Exemption.→16Power of State Government to require Authority to enhance or reduce enhanced fee.→17Assessment of fee not invalid for defect or error.→18Appointment of Director, other officers and staff to assist Director.→19Powers and duties or functions of Director.→20Power of Director to enforce performance of duties.→21Power of Director to enforce performance of duties.→22Constitution of Maharashtra Fire Services and provisions relating thereto.→23Appointment of other staff and servant.→24Continuation of existing Fire Officer and staff.→25Constitution of special fund.→26Requisitioning of Fire Fighting property.→27Powers of Director or Fire Officer on occasion or any emergency situation.→28Power of the officer-in-charge of fire fighting arrangements for supply of water.→29Powers of Director or Chief Fire Officer or Fire Officer to enter into agreements for assistance.→30Training Centres.→31Levy of training fee.→32Appeals.→33Procedure for filing appeal.→34Interest on amount of enhanced assessment or refund.→35Bar of jurisdiction of courts.→36Offences and penalties.→37Cognizable and non-bailable offences.→38Offences by companies.→39Compounding or withdrawal of proceedings.→40Cognizance of offence.→41Jurisdiction.→42Protection of action taken in good faith.→43Officers, etc., to be public servants.→44Act to have overriding effect, but shall be in addition to existing laws.→45Appointment of Fire Officer or Fire Supervisor in certain buildings.→45AFire and Life Safety Audit of certain buildings.→46Effect of other laws.→47Power to delegate.→48Power to call for report, return or information.→48APower to amend Schedule-I.→49Power to make rules.→50Power to remove difficulty.→
Schedules
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