(1) Where the owner or occupier of a building, or the erector of a pandal, have made any commission or omission which constitutes an offence under Parts A, B or C of this Chapter, the owner, occupier or erector shall be liable to be imprisoned if there is an outbreak of fire in the building or pandal, as the case may be, which leads to loss of life or grievous hurt to any person.
(2) The owner, occupier or the erector, as the case may be, shall be liable to be imprisoned unless they demonstrate that they had corrected the commission or omission before the day on which the fire incident took place.
(3) Where owner, occupier or erector, as the case may be, is/are liable to be imprisoned under this section, they shall be liable for imprisonment for a term which,- Obstructing a Fire Officer from entering a building or pandal for inspection.
Penalty for willfully obstructing a member of the Service participating in a response to some emergency.
Penalty for making false report.
Penalty in case of loss of life or grievous hurt.
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(i) in the case of low-risk building and pandals, may extend upto one year; and
(ii) in the case of medium and high-risk building and pandals, may extend upto two years.