Duty to provide a supply of water, etc., for fire fighting

(1) It shall be the duty of a licensee to allow any person to take water for extinguishing fires from any of its water mains or other pipes on which a fire-hydrant is fixed. (2) Every licensee shall, at the request of the fire brigade concerned, fix fire-hydrants on its water mains at such places as may be most convenient for affording a supply of water for extinguishing any fire which may break out within the area of (3) It shall be the duty of every licensee to keep every fire- hydrant fixed on any of its water mains or other pipes in good working order and, for the purpose, to replace any such hydrant when necessary. (4) It shall be the duty of a licensee to ensure that a fire brigade has been supplied by the licensee with all such keys as the fire brigade may require for the fire-hydrants fixed on the water mains or other pipes of the licensee. (5) The expenses incurred by a licensee in complying with its obligations under sub-sections (2) to (4), shall be borne by the fire brigade concerned. (6) Nothing in this section shall require a licensee to do anything which it is unable to do by reason of the carrying out of any necessary works. 91 (7) Where a licensee is in breach of its obligations under this section, the licensee commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars. (8) In any proceedings against any licensee for an offence under sub-section (7), it shall be a defence for that licensee to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence. (9) In this section, “fire brigade” shall have the same meaning as in the Fire Brigades Act. CAP. 137.