Penalty in case of default or non-appointment of Fire Safety Officers.

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(1) If any owner or occupier or an association of such owners and occupiers of a building or premises fails to appoint Fire Safety Officers under Section 18 within thirty days of the receipt of a notice given in this behalf by the Director General or the Nominated Authority, as the case may be, each one of them shall be deemed to be in default jointly and severally.
(2) When the person liable for appointment of such Fire Safety Officers is deemed to be in default, such sum not less than ten rupees per square meter and not exceeding fifty rupees per square meter of area owned/ occupied by him including the common areas in the premises as determined by the Director General, may be recovered from him by way of penalty for each month of default or part thereof.
(3) The amount due as penalty under sub-section (2) shall be recovered as an arrears of land revenue.

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