Punjab Community Safety Act, 2021

From: 2021-11-24 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to ensure community safety measures in Buildings, health and fitness centers; WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure community safety measures through legislation in buildings, health and fitness centers and providing for further duties of Punjab Emergency Service and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This act may be cited as the Punjab Community Safety Act 2021. (2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (a) “Building” means a building when there is an ‘occupied floor’ more than fifty (50) feet above its lowest level; (b) “Director General” means the Director General of the Punjab Emergency Service, established under the Punjab Emergency Act 2006 (Act IV of 2006); (c) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; (d) “Health club” means an establishment which provides health club services or facilities which purport to improve or maintain the user’s physical condition or appearance through exercise. The term may include, fitness club, fitness centers, health spa, gym, a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercises; (e) “Officer” means a District Emergency Officer of the Punjab Emergency Service; (f) “Owner” means and include the owner, manager, controller or administrator of a building, or a health club; (g) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (h) “Safety Measures” mean the measures as prescribed by the Punjab Emergency Service; and (i) “User” means a person who enters into a health club to use the available facilities. 3. Intimation.– (1) The owner shall submit an application containing information of the services as may be prescribed, available with the building or the health club to the officer: provided that on receipt of such application the officer shall scrutinize the same and may call for such other information. (2) The Officer shall inspect the building or the health club to have the first-hand information of the…