No: 3 Dated: Jul, 26 1944

UP FIRE SERVICE ACT, 1944

-: ACT :-

1. Short title.-This Act shall be called the United Provinces Fire Service Act 1944.
2. Extent and Commencement.-(i) It extends to the whole of the United Provinces.
(ii) It shall come into force immediately in the towns of Agra, Allahabad, Benaras, Cawnpore and limits as may be notified in the official Gazette by the Provincial Govemment from time to time and the Provincial Government may by notification in the official Gazette, direct that it shall come into force in any other part of the Province on such date as may be specified in the notification.
3. Definition.In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
"Inspector General of Police" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Police Act, 1861;
"Superintendent of Police"
"Local Authority" -  includes municipal board, notificd area committee, district board, town area comımittee, but does not include a Cantonment Board:
Prescribed Authority - means prescribed by this Act or the rules made thereunder;
Provincial Govemment - means the Government of the United Provinces,
4. Name of the Service.-The entie fire-fīghting personnel in the towns to which this Act applies for the time being shall, for the purpose of the Act, be deemed to be one force to be styled, "Ihe U. P. Fire Service," and shall consist in order of seniority of the following ranks :-
(1) Fire Station Officers,
(2) Fire Station Second Officers,
(3) Leading Firemen, and
(4) Drivers and Firemen.

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