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EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

© Govt. of Haryana

No. 151-2020/Ext.]

CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020

(ASVINA 23, 1942 SAKA)

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS

PAGES

PART&I

ACTS

THE HARYANA LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

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(HARYANA ACT NO. 27 OF 2020)

PART&II

ORDINANCES

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PART&III DELEGATED LEGISLATION

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PART&IV CORRECTION SLIPS, REPUBLICATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS

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HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), OCT. 15, 2020 (ASVN. 23, 1942 SAKA)

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PART-I

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 15th October, 2020

No. Leg. 37/2020.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana

received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 18th September, 2020 and is hereby

published for general information.

HARYANA ACT NO. 27 OF 2020

THE HARYANA LIFTS AND ESCALATORS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2020

AN

ACT

further to amend the Haryana Lifts and Escalators Act, 2008.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy first Year of the

Republic of India as follows :–

1.

This Act may be called the Haryana Lifts and Escalators (Amendment) Act, 2020.

Short title.

2.

After clause (a) of section 2 of the Haryana Lifts and Escalators Act, 2008 (hereinafter

called the principal Act), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-

‘(aa) “emergency rescue device” means an electronic and electric apparatus which

provides 3-phase emergency power supply to the lift, in case of power

failure/breakdown in the high rise building and gives sufficient backup to the lift to

land, stop and open the landing and lift cage doors at any floor and remain in

regular operation upto the extended time which would be at least fifteen minutes;’.

Amendment of

section 2 of

Haryana Act 27

of 2008.

3.

For section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

“5.

Emergency rescue device and automatic rescue device.- (1) The owner shall

make arrangement to provide the emergency rescue device for high rise building having

height more than fifteen meters excluding group housing, domestic or any other building

to rescue the travelling passengers trapped in the lift in the event of breakdown of power

supply by bringing the lift to any floor, stopping the lift and keeping the landing and lift

cage doors open.

(2)

The owner shall have option to provide automatic rescue device or

emergency rescue device for group housing building, domestic or any other building

having height less than fifteen meters to rescue the travelling passengers trapped in the lift

in the event of breakdown of power supply by bringing the lift to nearest/any floor,

stopping the lift and keeping the landing and lift cage doors open, as the case may be.”.

Substitution of

section 5 of

Haryana Act 27

of 2008.

BIMLESH TANWAR,

Administrative Secretary to Government, Haryana,

Law and Legislative Department.

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