State Act

The Punjab Safety Measures for Prevention and Control of Fire Act, 2012.

This Act was repealed on 26 November 2024 by the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2024 (Punjab Act 12 of 2024), s.79(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

8. (1) Any person, aggrived by any notice or oder of the Nominated authority or the Fire Officer under the provisions of this Act, may prefer an appeal against such notice or order, in writing, through an application made to the Director within a period of thirty days from the date of the notice or the order, as case may be ; Provided that the Director may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if he is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing it within the period specified in sub-section (I). (2) The applicant shall attach a copy of the notice or the order appealed against alongwith the application. (3) On receipt of an appeal under sub-section (I), the Director shall consider the matter and if, in its opinion, the grievance of the applicant appears to be genuine, it may direct the Nominated authority or the Fire Officer to reconsider the case. (4) After affording an opportunity of being heard to the Nominated authority or the Fire Officer, as the case may be, and the applicant, the Director may pass an order, in writing, either accepting the appeal or rejecting the same and in the case of rejection, the reasons for rejection shall be specified by him in such order and shall communicate the same to the applicant. (5) An appeal made under sub-section (1), shall be finally disposed of by the Director, as far as possible, within a period of thirty days of its receipt.