Fee on deployment of fire and emergency service within or beyond limits of Union territory

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Chapter VIII LEVY OF FIRE TAX AND OTHER CHARGES

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(1) Where employees of the fire and emergency service are deployed beyond the limits of any area under this Regulation, to extinguish a fire in the neighbourhood of such limits, then the State Government or local body or fire and emergency service authority on whose request they were sent, shall be liable to pay such fee as may be prescribed.
(2) The fee referred to in sub-section (1) shall be payable within a period of one month from the date of service of notice of demand by the Director, Chief Fire Officer or Fire Officer, and in case of non-payment within the said period, it shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue.
(3) No fee shall be levied for extinguishing the fire and carrying out rescue operations within the Union territory.
(4) Where employees of the fire and emergency service are deployed for the purposes other than firefighting within the Union territory on the direction of the Director or Fire Officer for rendering special services such as attending duties of fire protection at large assemblies or gathering along with firefighting equipment for stand-by duty, subject to safe use of equipment, if it can be spared or for imparting fire safety training on the written request of any person, shall be liable to pay such fee, in advance, as may be prescribed.

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