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Preventive measures:- (I) The Government may, by notification in the G or Occupies of premises in any area or of any class of premises used azerte, require °Wners fcfr purposes which in its Opinion are likely to cause a risk of fire to, take such precautions as may be specified in such notification. (2) Where a notification has been issued under Sub-section(1), it Thall be lawful for the Director or any Officer of the Force authorized by the Government in this behalf to direct the removal of objects or goods likely to cause a risk of fire, to a place of flfety; and on failure of the owner or occupier to do so, the Director or such officer may, after giving the owner or occupier a reaSonable oPPortunity of making representation, seize, detain or remove such objects or goods. CHAPTER III ACQUISITION OF FIRE FIGHTING PROPERTY Prohibition against transfer of fire fighting property:- No local authority of any area in which this Act is in force shall, transfer or otherwise part with any fire fighting property without the previous sanction of the Government. Requisitioning of fire fighting property:- (1) The Director or any member of the Force who is in charge of / a fire fighting operations may, if in his Opinion it is necessary so to do for the pmose of extinguishing fire in any are, requisition and take possession of any fire fighting property in thepossession of any local authority or any institution or individuaf. As soon as may be after the fire fighting operations are over the Director.or the member in charge of the fire fighting operations, as the case may be, shall release the property taken pOssession of under sub- section(l) from requisition and restore the same to the local authority, instituti w hose possession such property was taken. n or individual from Where any fire-fighting property is requisitioned under sub section (1), there shall be paid to the owner of such property compensation the amount of which shall be detenniined in accordce with the principles hereinafter set out, that is to say- where the amount of compensation can be fixed by agreement between 4he Director and the owner of the fire fighting property, it shall be paid in accordance with such agreement; Where no such agreement can be reached, the Director shall refer the matter to the Munsiff having jurisdiction over the area in which the fire fighting property was kept and the Munsiff shall after hearing the parties and such other persons as he deems necesary to hear, fix the amount if compensation taking into consideration the rent which the fire fighdng property would normally fetch if rented out for a similar purpose. The order of the Munsiff fixing the amount of compensation shall befinaj - I 4, :6: