The Arunachal Pradesh Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 243, Vol. XXXIII, Naharlagun, Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Sravana 27, 1948 (Saka) GOVERNMENT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH DEPARTMENT OF LAW, LEGISLATIVE AND JUSTICE CIVIL SECRETARIAT ITANAGAR
————
NOTIFICATION
The 17th August, 2026
No. LAW/LEGN-14/2026.— The following Ordinance promulgated by the Hon'ble Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is hereby published for general information,-
(Promulgated by the Governor on 14th August, 2026)
THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
(AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2026
AN
ORDINANCE
(No. 2 of 2026)
to amend the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2026 (Act No. 12 of 2026);
WHEREAS, the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is not in session;
AND WHEREAS, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh is implementing the Compliance Reduction
and Deregulation initiative-Phase-II in alignment with the National Reform Agenda of the Government
of India;
AND WHEREAS, as per Government of India Deregulation instruction, the words "National Building Code" shall not be mentioned in the State Acts;
AND WHEREAS, there is mention of the words'' National Building Code" in the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2026 (Act No. 12 of 2026);
AND WHEREAS, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh is committed to follow the Government of India Deregulation instruction and desires to delete the words "National Building Code" from the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2026 (Act No.12 of 2026) ;
AND WHEREAS, the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action;
NOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of Article 213 of Constitution of India, the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is pleased to promulgate in the Seventy-Seventh year of the Republic of India, the following Ordinance, namely,-
1. Short Title and Commencement: This Ordinance may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment Section 2: In the Arunachal Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2026 (Act No. 12 of 2026) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act),- 2 The Arunachal Pradesh Extraordinary Gazette, August 18, 2026 3. In the Principal Act, in Section 26,- (i) in sub-section (1),-the words "National Building Codes of India issued by the Ministry of Urban Development" appearing after the word "of" and before the words "the Arunachal Pradesh Building Bye-laws-2019" shall be deleted.
(ii) in sub-section (3), the words" of National Building Codes" appearing after the word "enforcement" and before the words, "by the State " shall be deleted.
Pige Ligu, IAS Secretary to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.