Substitution of section 5 of Haryana Act 27 of 2008

For section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- “5. Emergency rescue device and automatic rescue device.-

1. (1) The owner shall make arrangement to provide the emergency rescue device for high rise building having height more than fifteen meters excluding group housing, domestic or any other building to rescue the travelling passengers trapped in the lift in the event of breakdown of power supply by bringing the lift to any floor, stopping the lift and keeping the landing and lift cage doors open.
2. (2) The owner shall have option to provide automatic rescue device or emergency rescue device for group housing building, domestic or any other building having height less than fifteen meters to rescue the travelling passengers trapped in the lift in the event of breakdown of power supply by bringing the lift to nearest/any floor, stopping the lift and keeping the landing and lift cage doors open, as the case may be.”.