The Tamil Nadu Fire And Rescue Services Act, 2025--Tamil Nadu Act 37 Of 2025--Errata

No. 393] CHENNAI, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025 Aadi 2, Visuvaavasu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2056

Part IV—Section 2

Tamil Nadu Acts and Ordinances

THE TAMIL NADU FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES ACT, 2025

(TAMIL NADU ACT 37 OF 2025).

ERRATA

In the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Act, 2025 (Tamil Nadu Act 37

of 2025) published in Part IV-Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette,

Extraordinary (Issue No. 263) dated the 6th June 2025,—

(1) at page 161, 16 lines from the bottom including marginal heading

"Issue of fire licence." shall be omitted;

(2) at page 162, for the first two lines from the top, read as follows:—

Issue of fire "27. (1) Any owner or occupier, as the case may be, of a Category A building, shall, for the purpose of obtaining a fire licence, make an application in licence.

such electronic form as may be prescribed through the online portal as may be

notified by the Government in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette:

Provided that in respect of any building in existence on the date of

commencement of this Act for which a fire licence is required under this Act, the

application for fire licence shall be submitted within the date of expiry of existing

fire licence or one hundred and eighty days from the date of commencement of

this Act, whichever is later.

(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by

such fee and such documents as may be prescribed.

(3) On receipt of such application, the officer authorised in this

behalf by the Government by notification, shall inspect the building, process the

application and grant the licence or refuse to grant such licence for the reasons

to be recorded within such time and in such electronic form and in such manner

as may be prescribed.

(4) Where the application is not processed within";

(3) at page 168, seven lines from the top shall be omitted.

S. GEORGE ALEXANDER, Secretary to Government,

Law Department.