Chhattisgarh Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2018
No: 19 Dated: Aug, 18 2018
THE CHHATTISGARH FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT, 2018
An Act to establish the Chhattisgarh Fire and Emergency Service, to lay down the powers and functions of the Service and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of Ind ia, as fol lows:-
CHAPTER- 1
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2018.
(2) It extends to the whole State of Chhattisgarh.
(3) It shall come into force in any area on such date as the State Government, may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and differen t dates may be appointed for different areas and for different provisions of this Act
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1) "Additional District Magistrate" means an officer of the Government appointed as Additional District Magistrate under sub-section (2) of Section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, I 973 (2 of 1974);
(2) "Appellate Authority" means an Officer two ranks above the officers nominated by the Competent Authority as per prescribed rules;
(3) "Appropriate Judicial Authority" means Authority having Jurisdiction to deal with matters related to prosecution;
(4) "Building" includes a high-rise bu ilding, house, outhouse, stable, godown, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall), fenc ing, platform and any other structure whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or of any other material whatsoever;
(5) "Building bye-laws" means the bye-laws, rules or regulations under any re levant municipal laws and includes Bhumi Vikas Niyam 1984, the development control rules or any other building rules or regulations made under any other law for the time being in force and are in operation;
(6) "Director General" means the Director General of Fire and Emergency Services appointed under Section 8 of this Act;
(7) "Disaster" means a catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence in any area, arising from natural or man-made causes, or by accident or negligence, wh ich results in substantial loss of Ii fo or human suffering or damage to and destruction of property, or damage to or degradation of environment, and is of such a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the affected area as defi ned in Disaster Management Act, 2005 (No.53 of 2005), as amended from time to time:
(8) "District Fire Officer" is a person appointed under sub-section (4) of Section 9 of this Act;
(9) "District Magistrate" means an officer of the Government appointed as District Magistrate under s ub-section (l) of Section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);
(10) "Divisional Fire Officer" is a person appointed under subsection (4) of Section 9 of this Act;
(11) "Emergency" means any serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action of the Fire and Emergency Services;
(12) "Emergency Services" means evacuation, rescue and relief in any disaster;
(13) "Erector of pandal" means a person or 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;
(14) "Fire and Emergency Services" means the Fire and Emergem;y Services established in the State by the Government under Section 3 of this Act;