THE DELHI FIRE SERVICE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026
Issued by Government of The National Capital Territory of Delhi · Delhi Legislative Assembly Secretariat
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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways
Executive Summary The Delhi Fire Service (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi on August 11, 2026, to amend the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007. The Bill's primary purpose is to remove the statutory reference to the "National Building Code of India" from Section 2(i) of the Act to align with a broader deregulation exercise. This change aims to provide greater regulatory flexibility and ensure consistency between the Act and the Delhi Fire Service Rules, 2010.
Key Points / Main Content
Statutory Amendment
- The Bill amends Section 2, clause (i) of the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007.
- The phrase "building bye-laws/National Building Code of India" is replaced strictly with "building bye-laws."
Regulatory Alignment and Deregulation
- The amendment is part of a "Deregulation Exercise" undertaken by the Government of India.
- It ensures consistency between the Principal Act and the Delhi Fire Service Rules, 2010, which also propose the omission of the "National Building Code of India" reference.
- The change removes unnecessary statutory references that could lead to duplication or overlap in the regulatory framework for fire safety in Delhi.
Operational Flexibility
- By relying on "building bye-laws," the government can update fire prevention and safety requirements based on changing technical or administrative standards without requiring a legislative amendment for every change.
- The amendment facilitates the modification and updating of fire safety standards in accordance with prevailing local requirements.
Financial and Legal Provisions
- Financial Impact: The provisions of the Bill do not involve any recurring or non-recurring expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
- Delegated Legislation: The Bill does not confer any new powers to make rules or regulations upon the Government or any other authority.
- Commencement: The Act will come into force on a date appointed by the Government via notification in the Official Gazette.
Impact Analysis
Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Impact The government gains increased regulatory flexibility to manage fire safety standards. It also ensures the statutory framework remains consistent with the updated Delhi Fire Service Rules. Action Required The Government must notify the specific commencement date of the Act in the Official Gazette.
Delhi Fire Service / Regulatory Authorities Impact The department will see a reduction in regulatory overlap and duplication. Its operations regarding fire safety requirements will be governed more directly by building bye-laws. Action Required Authorities must ensure that fire prevention and safety assessments are conducted in accordance with the standards prescribed in the building bye-laws as the sole primary reference.
Building Owners and Developers Impact Stakeholders in the construction and building management sectors will be subject to fire safety standards defined under building bye-laws rather than the combined reference of the National Building Code of India. Action Required Owners and developers must ensure compliance with the specific fire safety requirements and standards set forth in the applicable building bye-laws for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
The Delhi Fire Service (Amendment) Bill, 2026: A legislative bill introduced to amend the principal fire service act by removing references to the National Building Code of India to reduce regulatory overlap.
Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007: The principal legislation governing the maintenance of fire services and fire safety measures within the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
National Building Code of India: A national standard for building construction whose statutory reference is being omitted from the Delhi fire safety framework to facilitate deregulation.
Building Bye-laws: The local regulatory standards that will exclusively govern fire prevention and safety requirements in Delhi following the proposed amendment.
National Capital Territory of Delhi: The specific geographic jurisdiction to which this fire service legislation and its amendments apply.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33002/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99
भारत सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
एस.जी.-डी.एxलxx.G-अID.H-1x7x0x 82026-275530
SG-DLxx-ExG-1ID7E0x8x2x0 26-275530
असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 235] दिल्ली, मगं लिार, अगस्ट्त 11, 2026/श्रािण 20, 1948 [रा.रा.रा.क्षे.दि. स.ं 167
No. 235] DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2026/SHRAVAN 20, 1948 [N. C. T. D. No. 167
भाग IV
PART IV
राष्ट्रीय रािधानी राज्य क्षत्रे दिल्ली सरकार
GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI
दिल्ली जिधान सभा सजििालय
अजधसिू ना
दिल्ली, 11 अगस्ट् त, 2026
. 21/17/DFS(A)/2026/LAS-VIII/Legn./5996.—जनम्नजलजित को सिवसाधारण की िानकारी के जलए
प्रकाजित दकया िाता हAै
दिल्ली अजििमन सिे ा (सिं ोधन) जिधये क, 2026
2026 का जिधये क सखं य ाकं 12
(िसै ादक राष्टर ीय रािधानी क्षत्रे दिल्ल ी की जिधान सभा म ेंदिनांक 11 अगस्ट्त , 2026 को परु :स्ट्थ ाजपत दकया गया)
6217 DG/2026 (1)2 DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY PART IV]
2026 का जिधये क सखं य ाकं 12
दिल्ली अजििमन सिे ा (सिं ोधन) जिधये क, 2026
जिधये क
दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा अग्निग्ननयम, 2007 का और संशोिन करने के ग्नलए।
भारत गणराज्य के सतहत्तरव ें वर्ष म ें राष्ट्रीय राजिानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली की ग्नविानसभा द्वारा ग्ननम्नग्नलग्नित रूप म ें यह
अग्निग्ननयग्नमत हो: —
1. सग्नं क्षप्त नाम और प्रारंभ। — (1) इस अग्निग्ननयम का नाम दिल्ली अग्निशमन सवे ा (सशं ोिन) अग्निग्ननयम, 2026 ह।ै
(2) यह उस ग्नतग्नि स ेलाग ू होगा ग्नजसे सरकार, आग्निकाररक राजपत्र म ें अग्निसूचना द्वारा, ग्ननयत करे।
2. िारा 2 का सशं ोिन — दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा अग्निग्ननयम, 2007 (2009 का दिल्ली अग्निग्ननयम 2) की िारा 2 के िंड
(i) म,ें "भवन उप-ग्नवग्नि/भारत का राष्ट्रीय भवन कोड" (building bye-laws/National Building Code of India) शब्िों
के स्िान पर "भवन उप-ग्नवग्नि" (building bye-laws) शब्ि प्रग्नतस्िाग्नपत दकए जाएंगे।
आिीष सूि, प्रभारी मंत्री
उद्देश्यों और कारणों का कथन
दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा अग्निग्ननयम, 2007 (2009 का दिल्ली अग्निग्ननयम 2) राष्ट्रीय राजिानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली म ेंअग्निशमन सेवा
के रिरिाव और कुछ भवनों एव ं पररसरों म ें अग्नि ग्ननवारण तिा अग्नि सुरक्षा उपायों के ग्नलए अग्निक प्रभावी प्राविान करन े
और उससे संबंग्नित मामलों के ग्नलए अग्निग्ननयग्नमत दकया गया िा। उक्त अग्निग्ननयम को 17 जनवरी, 2009 को भारत के
राष्ट्रपग्नत की सहमग्नत प्राप्त हुई िी।
2. सशं ोिन की आवश्यकता
दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा अग्निग्ननयम, 2007 की िारा 2(i) म ें"भारत का राष्ट्रीय भवन कोड" (National Building Code of
India) का संिभष शाग्नमल ह।ै वैिाग्ननक ढांच ेम ेंशाग्नमल होन ेके कारण यह संिभष उक्त कोड के ग्नलए एक ग्नवग्नशष्ट ग्नविायी संिभ ष
के रूप म ें कायष करता ह।ै
भारत सरकार द्वारा चलाए जा रह े ग्नवननंयमन अभ्यास (Deregulation Exercise) के ग्नहस्स े के रूप म,ें दिल्ली अग्निशमन
सेवा ग्ननयम, 2010 म ें "भारत का राष्ट्रीय भवन कोड" के संिभष को हटान े का प्रस्ताव ह।ै इसग्नलए, अग्निग्ननयम और ग्ननयमों के
बीच ग्ननरंतरता बनाए रिने तिा एक अनावश्यक वैिाग्ननक संिभष को हटाने के ग्नलए मूल अग्निग्ननयम म ें तिनुरूपी संशोिन
करना आवश्यक और समीचीन समझा गया ह।ै[PART IV DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3
3. प्रस्ताग्नवत सशं ोिन के उद्देश्य और प्रभाव
प्रस्ताग्नवत संशोिन का उद्देश्य दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा अग्निग्ननयम, 2007 की िारा 2(i) स े"भारत का राष्ट्रीय भवन कोड" के
संिभष को हटाना ह।ै
इस संशोिन का उद्देश्य एक ऐसे वैिाग्ननक संिभष को हटाना ह ै ग्नजसके पररणामस्वरूप राष्ट्रीय राजिानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली म ें अग्नि
ग्ननवारण और अग्नि सुरक्षा उपायों को ग्ननयंग्नत्रत करन े वाले ग्ननयामक ढांच े म ें िोहराव या अग्नतव्यापन (overlap) हो सकता
ह।ै
प्रस्ताग्नवत ग्नवलोपन दिल्ली म ें लाग ू मौजूिा आवश्यकताओं और मानकों के अनुसार, लाग ू भवन उप-ग्नवग्नियों के माध्यम स े
अग्नि ग्ननवारण और अग्नि सुरक्षा आवश्यकताओं के ग्ननिाषरण, सशं ोिन और अद्यतनीकरण को सगु म बनाएगा।
इस प्रकार, यह संशोिन हर ऐसे बिलाव के ग्नलए मलू अग्निग्ननयम म ें ग्नविायी संशोिन की आवश्यकता के ग्नबना, बिलत े
तकनीकी, प्रशासग्ननक और ग्ननयामक आवश्यकताओं के अनरूु प अग्नि ग्ननवारण और अग्नि सुरक्षा आवश्यकताओं को लचीला
बनाए रिन े के ग्नलए अग्निक ग्ननयामक लचीलापन प्रिान करेगा।
यह ग्नविेयक उपरोक्त उद्दश्े यों को प्राप्त करन े का प्रयास करता ह।ै
नई दिल्ली;
दिनांक: __________, 2026.
आिीष सूि, प्रभारी मंत्री
जित्तीय ज्ञापन
यह जिधेयक दिल्ली अजििमन सेिा अजधजनयम, 2007 की धारा 2(i) स े "भारत का राष्ट्रीय भिन कोड" के संिभव को हटान े
का प्रयास करता ह।ै
जिधेयक के प्रािधानों म ें राष्ट्रीय रािधानी क्षत्रे दिल्ली की संजित जनजध स े कोई आिती (recurring) या अनािती
(non-recurring) व्यय िाजमल नहीं ह।ै
आिीष सूि, प्रभारी मंत्री
प्रत्यायोग्नजत ग्नविान के सबं िं म ेंज्ञापन
यह ग्नविेयक सरकार या दकसी अन्य प्राग्निकरण को ग्ननयम या ग्नवग्ननयम बनाने की कोई नई शग्नक्त प्रिान करन े का प्रयास नहीं
करता ह।ै तिनुसार, प्रत्यायोग्नजत ग्नविान के संबंि म ें दकसी भी ग्नवर्य के प्राविान का प्रश्न ही नहीं उठता।
आिीष सूि, प्रभारी मंत्री
डॉ. युमनाम अरूण कुमार, सजिि4 DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY PART IV]
DELHI LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT
NOTIFICATION
Delhi, the 11th August, 2026
F. No. 21/17/DFS(A)/2026/LAS-VIII/Legn./5996.—The Following is Published for General Information:—
THE DELHI FIRE SERVICE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026
A Bill No. 12 of 2026
(As introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi on 11th August, 2026)
Bill No. 12 of 2026
THE DELHI FIRE SERVICE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026
A BILL
further to amend the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the Seventy-seventh Year
of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. Short title and commencement. —
(1) This Act may be called the Delhi Fire Service (Amendment) Act, 2026.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Amendment of section 2 - In the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007 (Delhi Act 2 of 2009), in section 2, in clause (i), for
the words “ building bye-laws/National Building Code of India”, the words “building bye-laws” shall be
substituted”.
ASHISH SOOD, Minister-in-Charge
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007 (Delhi Act 2 of 2009) was enacted to provide for the maintenance of a fire service and
to make more effective provisions for fire prevention and fire safety measures in certain buildings and premises in the
National Capital Territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewith. The said Act received the assent of the President
of India on the 17th January, 2009.
2. Need for the amendment
Section 2(i) of the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007 contains a reference to the “National Building Code of India”. The
reference, having been incorporated in the statutory framework, operates as a specific legislative reference to the said
Code.
As part of the Deregulation Exercise undertaken by the Government of India, the reference to the National Building
Code of India in the Delhi Fire Service Rules, 2010 is proposed to be omitted. It is, therefore, considered necessary and
expedient to make a corresponding amendment in the Principal Act so as to maintain consistency between the Act and
the Rules and to remove an unnecessary statutory reference.
3. Objects and effect of the proposed amendment
The proposed amendment seeks to omit the reference to the “National Building Code of India” from section 2(i) of
the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2007.
The amendment is intended to remove a statutory reference which may result in duplication or overlap with the
regulatory framework governing fire prevention and fire safety measures in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.[PART IV DELHI GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 5
The proposed omission would facilitate the prescription, modification and updating of fire prevention and fire safety
requirements through the applicable Building Bye-Laws, in accordance with the prevailing requirements and standards
applicable in Delhi.
The amendment would thereby provide greater regulatory flexibility for keeping fire prevention and fire safety
requirements responsive to changing technical, administrative and regulatory requirements, without necessitating a
legislative amendment to the principal Act for every such change.
The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
NEWDELHI;
Dated: __________, 2026.
ASHISH SOOD, Minister-in-Charge
FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
The Bill seeks to omit the reference to the “National Building Code of India” from section 2(i) of the Delhi Fire
Service Act, 2007.
The provisions of the Bill do not involve any expenditure, recurring or non-recurring, from the Consolidated Fund of
the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
ASHISH SOOD, Minister-in-Charge
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
The Bill does not seek to confer any new power to make rules or regulations upon the Government or any other authority.
Accordingly, the question of providing for any matter in respect of delegated legislation does not arise.
ASHISH SOOD, Minister-in-Charge
Dr. YUMNAM ARUN KUMAR, Secy.
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