Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006

Contents

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