section 222
Powers for suppreasion of fires
The Daman and Diu Municipalities Regulation 1994Infrastructure1994314 sections
Statutory text
- (1) It shall be the duty of all police officers and all municipal officers and servants to aid the fire brigade in the execution of its duties.
- (2) On the occasion of a fire within the limits of a municipal area, any Magistrate, the President, the Chief Officer or any member of a fire-brigade maintained by the Council or by the Government directing the operations of the brigade, and if directed so to do by any of the persons aforesaid any police officer above the rank of a constable, may,--
- (a) remove or order removal of any person who by his presence interferes with or impedes the operations for extinguishi'ng the fire or for saving life or property;
- (b) close any street or passage in or near which any fire is burning;
- (c) for the purpose of extinguishing the fire, break into or through or pull down or cause to be broken into or through or pulled down, or use for the passage of hoses or other appliances, any premises;
- (d) cause mains and pipes to be shut off so as to give greater pressure of water in or near the place where the fire has occured;
- (e) call on the persons in charge of any fire-engine to render such assistance as may be possible; and
- (f) generally, take such measures as may appear necessary for the preservation of life or property.
- (3) When any Government building is endangered by such fire, any Government officer for the time being in charge of the building may exercise the powers conferred by sub-section (2).
- (4) No compensation shall be payable by any person for any act done by him in good faith under sub-section (1) or (2).
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