Definitions — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

2. Definitions — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) “Appellate Authority” means the Director General of Fire Services or other equivalent authority appointed by the Government; (b) “Building” means any structure whether of masonry bricks, woods, mud, metal, or other materials, and includes a house, out-house, basement, underground parking, stable, latrine, urinal, shed, hut, or wall (other than a boundary wall); (c) “Building bye-laws” means the bye-laws made under the Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011. (d) “Director” means the Director General, Jharkhand Fire Service appointed by the Government under sub-section (1) of Section 8 of this Act; (e) “Erector of pandal” means a person or an association of persons, whether corporate or otherwise, who erects or makes a pandal or any structure for the occupation of people on a regular or temporary basis.; (f) “Fire division” means such a number of fire sub-divisions as may be prescribed; in the State of Jharkhand and declared generally or especially by the Government to be a fire division for this Act; (g) “Fire prevention and fire safety measures” means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws / National Building Code of India for the containment, control, and extinguishing of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property in case of fire and as may be prescribed in the rules made in this behalf; (h) “Divisional Fire Officer” means an officer appointed by the Government of Jharkhand under section 9 of this Act. (i) “Assistant Divisional Fire Officer” means an officer appointed by the Director General Fire Service under section 9 of this Act. (j) “Fire safety officer” means the person appointed under section 29 of this Act as fire safety officer by the owners and occupiers of certain premises and buildings as specified on this behalf to ensure fire prevention and fire safety measures installed in such premises and buildings; (k) “Fire officer” means an operational member of the Fire Service. (l) “Fire Service” means the Jharkhand Fire Service constituted under section 5 of this Act; (m) “Emergency” means any serious situation or occurrence, including disasters, that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action of Fire and Emergency Service of the State Government or Local Authority; (n) “Fire station” means a building or premises that house the firefighting equipment, appliances, and staff declared generally or especially by the Government to be a fire station for this Act. (o) “Fire sub-division” means a fire sub-division comprising a such number of fire stations as may be prescribed and declared generally or especially by the Government to be a fire sub-division for this Act. (p) “Government” means the Government of Jharkhand. (q) “Member” in relation to the Fire Service means a person appointed to the Fire Service under this Act; (r) “Multistoried building” means a building with such minimum height as may be prescribed under the rules on this behalf and notified to the Director by the local municipal authority of the area. (s) “Nominated authority” means an officer not below the rank of a Station Officer nominated by the Director as a nominated authority for the purpose of this Act. (t) “Occupancy” means the principal occupancy for which a building or a part of a building is used or intended to be used including subsidiary occupancies that are contingent upon it; (u) “Occupier” includes — (i) any person who, for the time being, is paying or is liable to pay, to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable. (ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land or building; (iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building; (iv) a licensee in occupation of any land or building; and (v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building; (v) “Officer-in-charge” means a fire officer in charge of a Fire Station; (w) “Operational member of the Fire Service” means any member of the Fire Service who is required to drive to operate a fire fighting vehicle, firefighting equipment, and appliance at the site of the fire and participate in the actual extinction of fire. (x) “Owner” includes a person who, for the time being, is entitled to receive, the rent of any land or building, whether on his own account or own account of himself and others or as an agent, trustee, guardian, or receiver or any other person or who should show receipt of the rent or be entitled to receive it if the land or building or part thereof where let to a tenant and includes the custodian of evacuee property in respect of evacuee property in him under the Jharkhand Building (Lease, rent & Eviction) Control Act 2011 and Rules, as amended and other relevant Act & Rules. (y) “Pandal” means a temporary structure with a roof or walls made of straw, hay, ulu grass, derma, mat, canvas, cloth, or other like material that is not adopted for permanent or continuous occupancy; (z) “Premises” means any land or any building or part of a building and includes the garden ground and outhouse, if any, appertaining to the building or part of a building, and any land or any building or part of a building appurtenant thereto which is used for storing explosives/ explosive substance and dangerously inflammable substance; Explanation — In this clause, “explosive”, “explosive substance” and dangerously inflammable substance” shall have the meaning, respectively assigned to them in the Explosive Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), the Explosive (Substances) Act, 1908 (6 of 1908) and the Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 (20 of 1952). (aa) “prescribed” means prescribed by Rules made under this Act. (ab) “prescribed authority” means authority prescribed by the Rules made under this Act. (ac) “Sub-Divisional Magistrate” means an officer of the Government appointed as Sub-Divisional Magistrate under sub-section (4) of section 14 of the BNSS, 2023 [46 of 2023] . (ad) “Subordinate Operational Staff” includes every member of the Fire Service of the rank of fireman/ fireman driver, leading fireman/ leading fireman driver and any other equivalent rank; (ae) “Fire Station Officer” means an Officer of the Fire Service appointed as a Fire Station Officer by the Government/Director General of Fire Services; (af) Fire Consultant & Fire Advisor means having minimum technical qualification of Bachelor of Fire Engineering. or M.I. Fire Engineering. or equivalent with a minimum of 10 yrs. experience. CHAPTER — II ORGANISATION, SUPERINTENDENCE CONTROL, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FIRE SERVICE