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The Punjab Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2024

The Punjab Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2024

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This Act establishes the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service to manage fire safety and disaster response across the entire state. It applies to all buildings, premises, and occupants, including those storing dangerous substances, by defining their responsibilities and safety requirements. The legislation empowers the government and local authorities to enforce fire prevention measures, regulate construction standards, and ensure the readiness of fire brigades to handle emergencies. By setting these standards, the Act aims to protect life and property from fire outbreaks and other serious disasters, ensuring a coordinated and effective emergency response system in Punjab.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Fire and Emergency Service for the whole State
  4. 4. Declaration of Punjab Fire and Emergency Service to be an essential service to the community
  5. 5. Superintendence of Fire and Emergency Service
  6. 6. Appointment of Director of Fire and Emergency Service
  7. 7. Functions of the Director
  8. 8. Calling of reports and statements
  9. 9. Maintenance of Fire Brigades by local authorities
  10. 10. Water supply and other infrastructure
  11. 11. Employment on other duties
  12. 12. Members of Service deemed to be always on duty
  13. 13. Appointment of members of Service
  14. 14. Certain Punjab rules to apply to members of the Service
  15. 15. Conditions of service applicable to members of Service
  16. 16. Grant of incentives for outstanding service
  17. 17. Restrictions regarding right to form associations
  18. 18. Penalty for violation of duty
  19. 19. Effect of suspension of members of the Service
  20. 20. Power of Director and local authority to enter into arrangements for Public-Private Partnership
  21. 21. Powers of Director and local authority to enter into arrangements for assistance
  22. 22. Duty to comply with fire prevention and life safety measures
  23. 23. Duty to procure Fire Safety Certificate, and allied duties
  24. 24. Liability of owner or occupiers for approval of firefighting scheme
  25. 25. Fire prevention and life safety measures in pandals
  26. 26. Appointment of Private Fire Safety Manager
  27. 27. Grant of license to act as Qualified Agency
  28. 28. Levy of fire tax, cess, user charges and fees
  29. 29. Constitution of Fund
  30. 30. Officers to be public servants
  31. 31. Power to obtain information
  32. 32. Inspection of sites, premises and buildings
  33. 33. Removal of objects or encroachments in premises or building that are likely to cause a risk of fire or any obstruction to firefighting
  34. 34. Inspection of pandals
  35. 35. Power to seal or demolish dangerous buildings
  36. 36. Powers of members of Fire and Emergency Service on occasion of emergencies
  37. 37. Initiation of, and response to, fire calls
  38. 38. Inquiry into cause of fire
  39. 39. Bar on jurisdiction of Court
  40. 40. Protection of action taken in good faith
  41. 41. Fire Officers who may impose penalties under this Chapter
  42. 42. Penalty for failure by the owners and occupiers of a building to procure Fire Safety Certificate
  43. 43. Penalty for failure to comply with the notice issued after inspection of a building under construction.
  44. 44. Penalty for obtaining Final Fire Safety Certificate by misrepresenting the facts or misleading the authority.
  45. 45. Penalty for failure to submit returns under sub-section (5) of section 23 of this Act.
  46. 46. Penalty for misrepresenting facts in return filed under sub-section (5) of section 23.
  47. 47. Penalty for failure by owners and occupiers of a building to comply with a notice issued after inspection under section 32.
  48. 48. Penalty for violating an order of Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Duty Magistrate for removal of objects or encroachments under section 33.
  49. 49. Liability of owner and occupier to pay compensation in certain circumstances.
  50. 50. Penalty for breaking the seal affixed by order under section 35.
  51. 51. Penalty for failure of erector of a building to take fire prevention and life safety measures.
  52. 52. Penalty for failure by the erector of certain pandals to obtain a Fire Safety Certificate.
  53. 53. Penalty for failure by erector of a pandal to comply with a notice issued after inspection.
  54. 54. Obstructing a Fire Officer from entering a building or pandal for inspection.
  55. 55. Penalty for willfully obstructing a member of the Service participating in a response to some emergency.
  56. 56. Penalty for making false report.
  57. 57. Penalty in case of loss of life or grievous hurt.
  58. 58. General penalty.
  59. 59. Recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue.
  60. 60. Compounding of offences.
  61. 61. Offences by companies or professionals or firms.
  62. 62. Penalty for violation of duty.
  63. 63. Process to issue orders against owners, occupiers, and erectors, except in case of pandals.
  64. 64. Increase in penalties
  65. 65. Process under section 63 not to apply
  66. 66. Cognizance of prosecution
  67. 67. Jurisdiction
  68. 68. Establishment of a fire training institute and provision of training to members of the Service
  69. 69. Police officers and others to aid
  70. 70. Installation of firehydrant
  71. 71. Power to make rules
  72. 72. Insurance of buildings and pandals
  73. 73. Fire and Life Safety Norms
  74. 74. Delegation of powers
  75. 75. General powers of the Government over officers
  76. 76. Power to remove difficulties
  77. 77. Act to have overriding effect, but shall be in addition to other laws
  78. 78. Effect of the other laws
  79. 79. Repeals and savings

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