Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act,1986
Act No : 56
Section : DEFINITIONS
SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS
-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,__
(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of Delhi appointed by the President underArticle 239 of the Constitution-;
(b) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Appellate Tribunal constituted underSection 347-A of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957);
(c) "building" means a house, outhouse, stable, latrine, urinal, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall) or any other structure, whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or other material ;
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d) "building bye-laws" means the bye-laws made underSection 282 of the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924)-or the bye-laws made underSection 481 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957)or the bye-laws madeunder Section 188sub-section (3) ofSection 189and subsection (1) ofSection 190 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Punjab Act 3 of 1911), as in force in New Delhi or the regulations made under sub-section (1) ofSection 57 of the Delhi Development Act 1957(61 of 1957), relating to buildings;
(e) "Chief Fire Officer" means the Chief Fire Officer appointed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi established underthe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (66 of 1957);
(f) "Delhi" means the Union territory of Delhi;
(g) "fire prevention and fire safety measures" means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws for the prevention, control and fighting of fire and for ensuring the safety of life and property in case of fire;
(h) "local authority" means the Delhi Cantonment Board established underthe Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924)-, the Delhi Development Authority established underthe Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957), the Delhi Municipal Corporation established underthe Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957 (66 of 1957), the New Delhi Municipal Committee established under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Punjab Act III of 1911), as in force in New Delhi or any other authority under any other law, which may be notified in this behalf by the Administrator with the prior approval of the Central Government;
(i) "nominated authority" means an officer not below the rank of a Station Officer nominated by the Chief Fire Officer, and includes an officer nominated by a local authority or a railway administration as a nominated authority for the purposes of this Act;
(J) "occupier" includes-
(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;
(ii) an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land or building;
(iii) a rent-free tenant of any land or building;
(iv) a licensee in occupation of any land or building ; and
(v) any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building;
(k) "owner" includes a person who for the time being is receiving or 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-
(i) the custodian of evacuee property in respect of evacuee property vested in him underthe Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950 (31 of 1950)-;
(ii) the Director of Estates of the Government of India, the Secretary of the Delhi Development Authority, constituted underthe Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957), the general manager of a railway and that head of a Government department, in respect of properties under their respective control;
(l) "premises" means any land or any building or part of a building appurtenant thereto which is used for storing explosives, explosive substances and dangerously inflammable substances.
Explanation.-In this clause, "explosive", "explosive substances" and "dangerously inflammable substances" shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them inthe Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884),the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 (6 of 1908)-andthe Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 (20 of 1952)-.
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