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Fee on deployment of Fire and Emergency Service beyond the Limits of the State (1) Where employees of the Fire and Emergency Service are sent beyond the limits of any area in which this Act is in force, in order to extinguish a fire in the neighborhood of such limits on the request of any State Government or local body or (2) and Emergency Service authority shall be Liable to pay such fee as may be prescribed by the State Government from time to time in this behalf. (3) The fee referred to in sub-section (1) shaft be payable within one month of the service of a notice of demand by the Director on the State Government or local body or Fire and Emergency Service authority, as the case maybe, and if it is not paid within that period, it shalt be recoverabte as an arrear of land revenue. 52 The Nagaland Gazette, Part-V August 31, 2023 CHAPTER X FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY FUND 501 Constitution of Fund: (1) Thereshattbeconstituteda fund tobeknownas" Fire Preventionand Lifesafety Fund". (2) The proceeds of fire fees, tax and penalties (other than fines) recovered under this Act, shall first be credited to the Consolidated Fund of the State and after deduction of the expenses of collection and recovery therefrom, under appropriation duly made by taw in this behalf, be entered in and transferred to, fund constituted under sub-section(1 (3) Any amount transferred to the fund under subsection (2) shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State, (4) The amount of the fund shaU be expended In such manner and under such conditions as may be prescribed, for the purposes of this Act (5) The fund shall be reflected into the budget estimate of the respective authority and the accounts in respect thereof shall be maintained and audited in accordance with the procedure prescribed for this purpose of maintenance of accounts on the relevant law or the rules and orders made thereunder as are applicable to the respective authority. (6) The fund sh1t be utilized for community preparedness, training and procurement of fire-fighting equipment as prescribed in the Rules. August 31, 2023 The Nagaland Gazette, Part-V 53 CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS 51 Reciprocal fire-fighting arrangements with other Fire and Emergency Service The Director may, with the previous sanction of the State Government, enter into an agreement with any Fire and Emergency Service or the Authority which maintains the said Fire and Emergency Service, beyond the limits of any area in which this Act is in force for providing personnel or equipment or both, for firefighting purposes, on such terms as may be provided by or under the agreement on reciprocal basis in public interest.( see: Schedule of formats chapter XII)