Uttar Pradesh Fire And Emergency Service Act

Act number: 16 of 2022
Enacted: 13 December 2022
Contents: 70 sections

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Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Establishment of one Fire and Emergency Service for whole of State of Uttar Pradesh
Section 4 – Superintendence of Fire and Emergency Service to vest in State
Section 5 – Government Constitution and Classification of Fire and Emergency Service
Section 6 – Appointment of Director General and Director of Fire and Emergency Service (preview)
Section 7 – Power, Duties and Functions of the Director General Fire and Emergency Services (preview)
Section 8 – Setting up of Fire Stations (preview)
Section 9 – Appointment, powers, duties and functions of Fire Officers (preview)
Section 10 – Appointment, powers, duties and functions of other Officers (preview)
Section 11 – Issue of Certificate to the employees of Fire and Emergency Service (preview)
Section 12 – Auxiliary Fire and Emergency Service (preview)
Section 13 – Effect of suspension of Fire Officer (preview)
Section 14 – Response to Calls (preview)
Section 15 – Personnel and scale of equipment (preview)
Section 16 – Operation Management (preview)
Section 17 – Powers of Employees of the Fire and Emergency Service on occasion of fire and/or rescue (preview)
Section 18 – Power to arrange for water supply during emergency (preview)
Section 19 – Duty to arrange water supply (preview)
Section 20 – Power to enter into Agreement for Water Supply (preview)
Section 21 – No compensation for interruption of water supply (preview)
Section 22 – Compensation of water (preview)
Section 23 – Preventive Measures (preview)
Section 24 – Fire Prevention and Life Safety measures in the pandals to be selfregulatory (preview)
Section 25 – Removal of encroachments or objects or goods likely to cause a risk of fire or any obstruction to fire fighting (preview)
Section 26 – Owner or Occupiers liability to provide Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures (preview)
Section 27 – Issue of Fire Safety Certificate (preview)
Section 28 – Appointment and Functions of Fire Safety Officer (preview)
Section 29 – Power of Inspection (preview)
Section 30 – Information on outbreak of fire (preview)
Section 31 – Penalties for violation of provisions of Chapter IV (Water Supply) (preview)
Section 32 – Penalty for violation of duty (preview)
Section 33 – Penalty in case of non-appointment of Fire Safety Officers (preview)
Section 34 – Liability of property owner to pay compensation (preview)
Section 35 – Failure to give information (preview)
Section 36 – Failure to take precautions (preview)
Section 37 – Penalty for wilfully obstructing the fire-fighting, rescue operations (preview)
Section 38 – False report (preview)
Section 39 – General provisions for punishment for offence (preview)
Section 40 – Offences by companies (preview)
Section 41 – Compounding of offences (preview)
Section 42 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
Section 43 – Cognizance of prosecution (preview)
Section 44 – Jurisdiction (preview)
Section 45 – Appeals (preview)
Section 46 – Establishment of Fire and Emergency Training Institute (preview)
Section 47 – Community Preparedness (preview)
Section 48 – Levy of fire tax (preview)
Section 49 – Mode of assessment, collection, etc. of fire tax (preview)
Section 50 – Fee on deployment of Fire and Emergency Service beyond the limits of the State (preview)
Section 51 – Recovery of Dues (preview)
Section 52 – Constitution of Fund (preview)
Section 53 – Reciprocal firefighting arrangements with other Fire and Emergency Service (preview)
Section 54 – Declaration of Fire and Emergency Service as Technical Service (preview)
Section 55 – Deployment to other area (preview)
Section 56 – Employment on other duties (preview)
Section 57 – Power to obtain information (preview)
Section 58 – Power to seal buildings or premises (preview)
Section 59 – Police officers and others to aid (preview)
Section 60 – Fire and Emergency Service functioning in the State immediately before the commencement of this Act to be deemed to be Fire and Emergency Service constituted under this Act (preview)
Section 61 – Death of member of Fire and Emergency Service (preview)
Section 62 – Officers to be public servants (preview)
Section 63 – Calling of returns, reports, statements, etc (preview)
Section 64 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 65 – Delegation of powers (preview)
Section 66 – Repeal and Savings (preview)
Section 67 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 68 – Act to have overriding effect on other laws (preview)
Section 69 – Requisition of Fire-fighting property (preview)
Section 70 – Special promotion to the subordinate operational staff (preview)

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