Act 16 of 2022 Enacted 13 Dec 2022 Department Home

Sections

Type to filter. 70 sections.

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

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