Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007

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    "slug": "delhi-fire-service-act-2007",
    "title": "Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007",
    "short_title": "Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007",
    "act_number": "Delhi Act 2 of 2009",
    "act_year": 2007,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Delhi",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "2026-01-17",
    "description": "Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "CHAPTER I",
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            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"appellate authority\" means the Lieutenant Governor or an officer appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;\n(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);\n(c) \"building bye-laws\" means the bye-laws made under section 186 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924) or the bye-laws made under section 349A of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957) or the bye-laws made under sub-section (2) of section 260 of the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 (44 of 1994) or the regulations made under sub-section (1) of section 57 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957), or the bye-laws made by the Central Government by publication in the Official Gazette, relating to buildings in Delhi;\n(d) \"Delhi\" means the National Capital Territory of Delhi;\n(e) \"Director\" means the Director, Delhi Fire Service appointed by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 8 of this Act;\n(f) \"erector of pandal\" means a person or an association of persons, whether corporate or otherwise, who erects or makes a panda] or any structure for occupation of people on a regular or temporary basis;\n(g) \"fire division\" means a territory of State comprising such number of fire sub-divisions as may be prescribed; and declared generally or specially by the Government to be a fire division for the purpose of this Act;\n(h) \"fire zone\" means territory comprising such number of fire divisions as may be prescribed and declared generally and specially by the Government to be a fire zone for the purpose of this Act;\n(i) \"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;\n(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 in this behalf to ensure fire prevention and fire safety measures installed in such premises and buildings;\n(k) \"fire officer\" means any operational member of the Fire Service;\n(l) \"Fire Service\" means the Delhi Fire Service constituted under section 5 of this Act;\n(m) \"fire station\" means a building erected to house the fire fighting equipment, appliances and staff declared generally or specially by the Government to be a fire station for the purposes of this Act;\n(n) \"fire sub-division\" means the territory within a fire division comprising such number of fire stations as may be prescribed; and declared generally or specially by the Government to be a fire sub-division for the purpose of this Act;\n(o) \"Government\" means the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi appointed by the President under Article 239 and designated as such under Article 239AA of the Constitution;\n(p) \"Lieutenant Governor\" means the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi appointed by the President under Article 239 of the Constitution;\n(q) \"local authority\" means the Delhi Cantonment Board established under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), the Delhi Development Authority established under the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi established under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957), the New Delhi Municipal Council established under the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994 (44 of 1994); or any other authority under any other law which may be notified in this behalf by the Central Government or the Government, as the case may be;\n(r) \"member\" in relation to the Fire Service meansa person appointed to the Fire Service under this Act;\n(s) 'multistoreyed building\" means a building with such minimum height as may be prescribed under the rules in this behalf, and notified to the Director by the local authority;\n(t) \"nominated authority\" means an officer not below the rank of a station officer nominated by the Director as a nominated authority for the purposes of this Act;\n(u) \"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 which are contingent upon it;\n(v) \"occupier\" includes\n(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;\n(ii) an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land or building;\n(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building;\n(iv) a licensee in occupation of any land or building; and\n(v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building;\n(w) \"officer-in-charge\" means a fire officer-in-charge of a fire station;\n(x) \"operational member\" of the Fire Service means any member of the Fire Service who is required to drive or operate a fire fighting vehicle, fire fighting equipment and appliance at the site of fire and participate in the actual extinction of fire;\n(y) \"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 on account of himself and others or as an agent, trustee, guardian or receiver or any other person, or who should so receive the rent or be entitled to receive it if the land or building or part thereof were let to a tenant and also includes\n(i) the custodian of evacuee property in respect of evacuee property vested in him under the Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 (31 of 1950);\n(ii) the Director of Estates of the Government of India, the Secretary of the State Development Authority constituted under the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957), the General Manager of a railway and the head of a Government department, in respect of properties under their respective control;\n(z) \"pandal\" means a temporary structure with roof or walls made of straw, hay, ulu grass, golpatta, hogla, darma, mat, canvas, cloth or other like material which is not adopted for permanent or continuous occupancy;\n(za) \"premises\" means any land or any building or part of a building and includes the garden, ground and outhouse, if any, appurtaining to a 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;\nExplanation.- 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);\n(zb) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(zc) \"prescribed authority\" means authority prescribed by rules under this Act;\n(zd) \"Sub-Divisional Magistrate\" means an officer of the Government appointed at Sub-Divisional Magistrate under sub-section (4) of section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (2 of 1974);\n(ze) \"subordinate operational staff\" includes every member of the Fire Service of the rank of fireman, leading fireman, driver and any other equivalent rank;\n(zf) \"station officer\" means an officer of the Firs Service appointed as station officer by the Government.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "CHAPTER II",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER II",
            "content": "Organisation, Superintendence, Control And Maintenance Of The Fire Service",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. One Fire Service for whole of Delhi.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Superintendence of Fire Service to vest in the Government.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Constitution of Fire Service.",
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            "content": "(a) the Fire Service shall consist of such members in the several ranks and have such organisation and such powers, functions and duties as the Government may by general or special order, determine; and\n(b) the recruitment to, and the pay, allowances and all other conditions of service of the members of, the Fire Service shall be such as may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Classification of post of Fire Service.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Appointments to Group 'A' and Group 'B' post of Fire Service.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Appointment of Director of Fire Service.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Constitution of fire divisions, sub-divisions and fire stations.",
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            "content": "(a) constitute fire zones and fire divisions within the National Capital Territory of Delhi;\n(b) divide such fire Zones into fire divisions, and fire divisions into fire sub-divisions, and specify the fire divisions, fire sub-divisions and fire stations in each fire zone, fire division and fire sub-division respectively; and\n(c) define the limits and extent of such fire zones, fire divisions, fire sub-divisions and fire stations as may be necessary for administrative and operational efficiency.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Certificate of appointment.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Effect of suspension of fire officer.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. General powers of the Director.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "CHAPTER III",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER III",
            "content": "Control And Discipline Of Fire Service",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Calling of returns, reports, statements, etc.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Certain Central Rules to apply to employees of Fire Service.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Fire officers deemed to be always on duty and liable to employment in any part of Delhi.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Extension of Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules to employees of Fire Service.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Declaration of Fire Service to be an essential service to the community.",
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            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Penalty for violation of duty.",
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            "content": "(a) is found to be guilty of any violation of duty or wilful breach of any provision of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder; or (b) is found to be guilty of cowardice; or (c) withdraws or abstains from the duties of his office without permission or without having given previous notice for fifteen days or more; or (d) being absent on leave fails without reasonable cause to report himself for duty on expiration of such leave; or (e) accepts any other employment or office or engages himself in business in contravention of the provision of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964; shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with, fine which may extend to an amount not exceeding three months' pay of such member, or with both. 19. Restrictions respecting right to form association, etc. -(1) No member of the Fire Service shall, without the previous sanction in writing of the Government or of the prescribed authority,\n(b) is found to be guilty of cowardice; or\n(c) withdraws or abstains from the duties of his office without permission or without having given previous notice for fifteen days or more; or (d) being absent on leave fails without reasonable cause to report himself for duty on expiration of such leave; or\n(e) accepts any other employment or office or engages himself in business in contravention of the provision of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964; shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with, fine which may extend to an amount not exceeding three months' pay of such member, or with both.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Restrictions respecting right to form association, etc.",
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            "content": "(a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any union, labour union, political association or with any class of trade union, labour union or political association;\n(b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with any social institution, association, or organization that is not recognized as a part of the Fire Service or is not a purely of a social, technical, recreational or religious nature; or\n(c) communicate with the press or publish or cause to be published any book, letter or other document except where such communication or publication is in the bona fide discharge of his duties or is of a purely literary, artistic or scientific character.",
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "CHAPTER IV",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER IV",
            "content": "Levy Of Fire Tax, Fee And Other Charges",
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Levy of fire tax.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Mode of assessment, collection, etc.",
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        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Fee on deployment of Fire Service beyond the limits of Delhi.",
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Reciprocal fire-fighting arrangements with other fire service.",
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        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Powers of the Director to enter into arrangements for assistance.",
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        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "CHAPTER V",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER V",
            "content": "General Measures For Fire Prevention And Self Regulation",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Preventive measures.",
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        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Fire prevention and fire safety measures in the pandals to be self regulatory.",
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        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Removal of encroachments or objects or goods likely to cause a risk of fire or any obstruction to fire fighting.",
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        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Powers of members of the Fire Service on occasion of fire and/or rescue.",
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            "content": "(a) remove, or order any other member of the Fire Service to remove, any person who by his presence interferes with or impedes the operation for extinguishing the fire or for saving life or property;\n(b) close any street or passage in or near which a fire is being fought and/ or rescue work is in progress;\n(c) for the purpose of extinguishing fire and carrying out rescue operation, break into or through or pull down, any premises for the passage of hose or appliances or cause them to be broken into or through or pulled down, doing as little damage as possible;\n(d) require the authority in charge of water supply in the area to regulate the water mains so as to provide water at a specified pressure at the place where fire has broken out and,utilize the water of any stream, cistern, well or tank or of any available source of water, public or private, for the purpose of extinguishing or limiting the spread of such fire and carrying out rescue operations;\n(e) exercise the same powers for dispersing an assembly of persons likely to obstruct the fire fighting operations as it were an officer-in-charge of a police station and as if such an assembly were an unlawful assembly and shall be entitled to the same immunities and protection as such officer, in respect of the exercise of such powers;\n(f) arrest a person who wilfully obstructs and hinders a fire service personnel in fire fighting and rescue operations and shall hand him over to a police officer or at the nearest police station without avoidable delay along with a brief note giving the time, date and reasons of arrest; and\n(g) generally take such measures as may appear to him to be necessary for extinguishing the fire or for the protection of life or property, or both.",
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        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Appointment of fire safety officer.",
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            "content": "(a) cinema houses with seating capacity of more than 1000 persons and having commercial complex with built-up area more than 10000 sq. mtrs. and building having multiple cinema with seating capacity, taken together, of 1000 persons, or more, whether, having commercial complexes or not;\n(b) hotels with 100 rooms and above;\n(c) underground shopping complexes, district centres, sub-central business districts, including the basement with build up area of more than 25000 sq. mtrs.;\n(d) multistoreyed non-residential buildings above 50 metres in height;\n(e) large oil and natural gas installations such as refineries, LPG bottling plants and similar other facilities;\n(f) open stadia with seating capacity more than 50,000 persons and indoor stadia with seating capacity more than 25,000 persons;\n(g) hospitals and nursing homes with more than 500 beds;\n(h) public and semi-public buildings like large surface and sub-surface railway stations, interstate bus terminuses, airports amusement parks and other similar buildings:",
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        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Fire safety officers to undergo training.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Penalty in case of default of non-appointment of fire safety officer.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "CHAPTER VI",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER VI",
            "content": "Special Provision For The Fire Protection And Fire Safety Measures In Certain Buildings And Premises In Delhi",
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Special provision for multi-storied building.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Inspection of buildings, premises, etc.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Measures for.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Provision regarding certain building and premises.",
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            "content": "(i) the provisions of the building bye-laws in accordance with which the plan of this said building or premises was sanctioned;\n(ii) the conditions imposed, if any, by the local authority at the time of the sanction of the plan of the said building or premises; and\n(iii) the minimum standards for fire prevention and fire safety measures specified for such building or premises as may be specified by rules framed under this Act, issue a notice to the owner or occupier of such building or premises stating therein the inadequacy in regard to the fire prevention and fire safety measures in it and direct the owner or occupier to undertake measures for rectifying the said inadequacy within the period as he may consider just and reasonable.",
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        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Appeals.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Penalties for violation of provisions of Chapter VI.",
            "chapter": "Chapter VI",
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        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "CHAPTER VII",
            "chapter": "CHAPTER VII",
            "content": "Miscellaneous",
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        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Establishment of fire training institute.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Transfer to other area.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Employment on other duties.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Liability of property owner to pay compensation.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Power to obtain information.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Power of entry.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Power to seal buildings or premises.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Compensation of water.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. No compensation for interruption of water supply.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Police officers and others to aid.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Failure to give information.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Failure to take precautions.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Penalty for wilfully obstructing the fire fighting, rescue operations.",
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        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. False report.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. General provision for punishment for offence.",
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        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Fire Service functioning in Delhi immediately before the commencement of this Act to be deemed to be Fire Service Constituted under this Act.",
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            "content": "(a) the fire service functioning in Delhi before the commencement of this Act (hereafter in this section referred to as \"the existing Delhi Fire Service\") shall, on such commencement, be deemed to be the Fire Service constituted under this Act and every member of the existing Delhi Fire Service holding the office, shall be deemed to be appointed and to hold the office, under this Act;\n(b) all proceedings. pending before any fire officer of the existing Delhi Fire Service, immediately before the commencement of this Act be deemed to be proceedings pending before him in his capacity as the holder of the office to which he is deemed to be appointed under clause (a) and shall be dealt with accordingly.",
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        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Compounding of offences.",
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            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Bar of jurisdiction of Court.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
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            "number": "56",
            "title": "56. Cognizance of prosecution.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "57",
            "title": "57. Jurisdiction.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "58. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 64
        },
        {
            "number": "59",
            "title": "59. Special promotion to the subordinate operational staff.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 65
        },
        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "60. Death of member of Fire Service.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 66
        },
        {
            "number": "61",
            "title": "61. Officers to be public servants.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 67
        },
        {
            "number": "62",
            "title": "62. Offences by companies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"company\" means a body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and\n(b) \"director\", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 68
        },
        {
            "number": "63",
            "title": "63. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) recruitment to, and the pay, allowances and all other conditions of service of the members of the Delhi Fire Service under clause (b) of section 5;\n(b) constitution of fire division comprising such numbers of fire sub-divisions under clause (a) of section 9;\n(c) constitution of fire sub-divisions comprising such numbers of fire stations under clause (b) of section 9;\n(d) form of certificate of appointment and fire officer under whose seal such certificate of appointment shall be issued under sub-section (2) of section 10;\n(e) purposes of meetings or demonstrations under sub-section (2) of section 19;\n(f) mode of assessment, collection and enforcement of payment of fire tax levied under section 21;\n(g) manner in which fire tax collected under section 21 shall be paid to Government;\n(h) fee on deployment of Fire Service beyond the limits of Delhi under sub-section (1) of section 22 and under section, 39;\n(i) terms for reciprocal fire fighting arrangements with other fire services under section 23;\n(j) the minimum standards for fire prevention and fire safety measures for the purposes of sub-section (2) of section 25, section 32 and clause (iii) of sub-section (3) of section 35;\n(k) form of declaration under sub-section (2) of section 26; (1) form of notice under sub-section (4) of section 27;\n(m) the height of the building under sub-section (1) of section 33;\n(n) form of appeal and fees under sub-section (7) of section 27 and sub-section (2) of section 36;\n(o) charges for extending training facilities at Fire Safety Management Academy to others under sub-section (2) of section 38;\n(p) officers of the Fire Service, and the amount for compounding of offences under sub-section (1) of section 54;\n(q) making available to the Fire Service with such appliances and equipment as it deems proper;\n(r) the adequate supply of water to securing that it shall be available for use; (s) constructing or providing fire stations or hiring places for accommodating the members of the Fire Service and its fire fighting appliances;\n(t) giving rewards to persons who have given notice of fires and to those who have rendered effective service to the Fire Service on the occasion of fires;\n(u) the training, discipline and good conduct of the members of the Fire Service;\n(v) speedy attendance of members of the Fire Service with necessary appliances and equipment on the occasion of any alarm of fire;\n(w) regulating and controlling the powers, duties and functions of the Director;\n(x) generally, for the maintenance of the Fire Service in a due state of efficiency;\n(y) regulating installation of pandals and shamianas; (z) writing of confidential reports of fire officers;\n(za) determining the description and quantity of fire fighting and rescue equipment including appliances, clothing and other necessaries to be furnished to the Fire Service;\n(zb) institution, management and regulation of any fire service fund for any purpose connected with policy administration;\n(zc) assigning duties to fire officers of all ranks and grades, and prescribing the manner in which and the conditions subject to which, they shall exercise and perform their respective powers and duties;\n(zd) generally, for the purposes of rendering the Fire Service efficient and preventing abuse or neglect of their duties; and\n(ze) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, provided by rules. (3) Every rule made by the Government under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before the House of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, the House of the Legislative Assembly agrees in making any modifications in the rule or the House of the Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 69
        },
        {
            "number": "64",
            "title": "64. Delegation of powers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "65",
            "title": "65. Repeal and Savings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the United Provinces Fire Service Act, 1944 (U.P. Act No. 3 of 1944) as extended to Delhi shall stand repealed;\n(b) the Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act, 1986 (56 of 1986) shall stand repealed;\n(c) the Delhi Fire Service (Subordinate Services) Rules, 1945 framed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 241 of the Government of India Act, 1935 shall stand repealed:\n(a) to provide and maintain such water supply and fire hydrants for fire fighting purposes as may be directed by the Government from time to time;\n(b) to frame bye-laws for the regulation of dangerous trades;\n(c) to order any of its employees to render aid in fighting a fire when reasonably called to do so by any member of the Fire Service; and (d) generally to take such measures as will lessen the likelihood of fires or preventing the spread of fires.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 71
        },
        {
            "number": "66",
            "title": "66. Power to Remove Difficulties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 72
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "dl006",
        "Act Number": "Delhi Act 2 of 2009",
        "Enactment Date": "17th January, 2009",
        "Act Year": "2007",
        "Short Title": "Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007",
        "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY",
        "Location": "Delhi"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:22"
}