Appointment of fire safety officer. —Every owner and occupier or an

29. Appointment of fire safety officer. —Every owner and occupier or an association of such owners and occupiers of the following classes of buildings or premises shall appoint a fire-safety officer who shall ensure the compliance of all fire prevention and fire safety measures and effective operation thereof as provided in this Act and the rules made thereunder, namely (a) Standalone cinema houses with a seating capacity of more than 100 persons or places having commercial complexes with built-up areas of more than 10000 sq. mt. and buildings having multiple cinemas whether having commercial complexes or not; (b) Hotels/hostels/lodge and similar establishments with 50 rooms and above; (c) shopping complexes, district centers, sub-central business districts, including the basement with a built-up area of more than 10000 sq. mt.; (d) multistoried non-residential buildings above 50 meters in height (e) large oil and natural gas installations such as refineries, LPG bottling plants, and similar other facilities; (f) open stadium with a seating capacity of more than 20,000 persons and an indoor stadium with a seating capacity of more than 5,000 persons; (g) hospitals and nursing homes with more than 100 beds; (h) public and semi-public buildings like large surface and sub-surface railway stations, interstate bus terminuses, airports, amusement parks, and other similar buildings; Provided that the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, from time to time, include any other premises which in its opinion, require the appointment of fire safety officers.