Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015
No: 12 Dated: Apr, 06 2015
Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006
Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015
ACT No. XII OF 2015
An Act to amend the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006.
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
1. Short title:- This Act may be called the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015.
2. Amendment of section 3 of Mah. III of 2007:- In section 3 of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”),—
(a) in sub-section (1), in the Explanation, after the words and figures “ the National Building Code of India, 2005” the words and brackets “or, as the case may be, the parameters laid down, from time to time, by the National Fire Protection Association Institution (U.S.A.)”, shall be inserted ;
(b) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :—
“(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or any other provision of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, building above 30 meters in height but not exceeding 45 meters in height may be permitted, in case of occupancies specified as (C-1) in Schedule-I, that is to say, Hospitals, Sanatoria and Nursing Homes, if such building fulfills the minimum requirement of fire fighting installations specified in Schedule-I.”;
(c) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :—
“(2A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) or in any other law for the time being in force, the State Government may, upon a request by a planning authority, permit the authority empowered to sanction the construction plan of any building or part of a building and to issue certificate of completion of or part thereof, to issue such certificate, in respect of a building exceeding 45 meters in height in case of occupancies specified as (C-1) in Schedule-I, that is to say, Hospitals, Sanatoria and Nursing Homes, if such building fulfills the minimum requirement of fire fighting installations specified in Schedule-I.”.