(1) The Director or Fire Officer who is in-charge of a firefighting operation may, if in his opinion it is necessary for the purpose of extinguishing fire in any area, requisition and take possession of any firefighting property in the possession of any local authority or any institution or individual.
(2) As soon as the firefighting operations are over, the Director or Fire Officer in-charge of the firefighting operation, as the case may be, shall release the property referred to in sub-section (1) from requisition and restore the same to the local authority, institution or individual from whose possession such property was taken.
(3) Where any firefighting property is requisitioned under sub-section (1), the owner of such property shall be paid compensation which shall be determined in accordance with the following principles, namely:—
(a) where the amount of compensation is fixed by an agreement between the Director or Fire Officer and the owner of the firefighting property, it shall be paid in accordance with such agreement; or
(b) where the parties fail to reach an agreement under clause (a), the Director or Fire Officer, who is in-charge of firefighting operation, shall refer the matter to the Sub-divisional Magistrate having jurisdiction over the area in which the firefighting property was kept and the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties and such other persons as he deems necessary, determine the amount of compensation taking into consideration the rent payable for such firefighting property and such order of the Magistrate determining the amount of compensation shall be final.
CHAPTER XI OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
41. Whoever contravenes any provisions of sections 20 to 24 of this Regulation or the rules made thereunder, shall, without prejudice to any other action taken against him under this Regulation or rules made thereunder, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both, and where the offence is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to three thousand rupees for every day after the first day during which such offence continues.
42. Notwithstanding any action which may be taken under the provisions of this Regulation, any member of the Fire and Emergency Service who,––
(a) is found to be guilty of any violation of duty or wilful breach of any provision of this Regulation or any rule or order made thereunder; or
(b) is found to be guilty of abdication of duty; or Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1515 45 of 2023.
(c) withdraws or abstains from the duties of his office without permission or without having given prior notice of fifteen days or more; or
(d) being on leave fails without reasonable cause to report himself for duty on the expiration of such leave; or
(e) accepts any other employment or office or engages himself in business in contravention of the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, shall be liable under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965.