Grant of Construction Permit by Local Authority after obtaining fire safety recommendation

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1. (1) On receipt of an application from any person or group of persons or organization proposing to construct a new building or making addition and/ or alteration to the existing building covered under sub-section
2. (1) of section 20, the local authority shall forward the application to the Director, Assam Fire and Emergency Services along with a set of building plan containing all the details of the proposed buildings such as site plans, layout plans, service plans, details of fire and life safety measures and the fees as may be prescribed based on the vulnerability to fire hazard or risks as provided under section 23.
3. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section
4. (1) above, the Director or the Nominated Authority concerned shall within the stipulated period verify the documents and shall conduct physical inspection of the proposed site of the new building or the existing building as the case may be, if so required and shall communicate in writing such requirements relating to fire prevention and life safety measures in accordance with Building Bye-laws and the National Building Code of India as prevalent on fire and life safety measures with reference to height of building and class of occupancy to be taken as required under sub-section
5. (2) of section 20 in the form of recommendations to be complied with by the applicant.
6. (3) Upon completion of the building, if the recommendations are not complied with, Fire Safety Certificate shall not be issued, rather the building shall be declared unsafe from fire safety point of view and shall be referred to the District Magistrate for adjudication of the matter. The Local Authority shall not issue Occupancy Certificate of the said building.
7. (4) Under exceptional circumstances, the Director or any authorized officer of Assam Fire and Emergency Services shall be empowered for taking necessary steps to cancel the trade license, suspension of power supply and thereby declaring it unsafe from fire safety point of view and he may also take necessary steps to seal the building after observing all formalities in the interest of safety of the lives and properties.