Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act : POWER TO MAKE RULES Indian Bare Acts :

Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act,1986

Act No : 56

Section : POWER TO MAKE RULES

SECTION 16: POWER TO MAKE RULES

(1) The Administrator may, bynotifica- tion in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-

(a) the height of the building under sub -section (1) ofSection 3-;

(b) the minimum standards for fire prevention and fire safety measures for the purposes of clause (iii) of sub - section

(3) ofSection 6-;

(c) the form in which an appeal shall be made and the fees that shall accompany such appeal under sub-section

(3) ofSection 8-;

(d) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, provided by rules.

(3) The Central Government shall cause every rule made under this Act to be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, 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, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree 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.