S-3.4 - Fire Safety Act

Section 44 Disposition versions

2001-12-20

44. For the purposes of section 43, the fire chief or the person designated by the fire chief may, during the 24 hours following the fire,

(1)  prohibit access to the scene of the fire to facilitate the search for or the preservation of any thing relevant for the purposes of his or her functions ;

(2)  inspect the fire-damaged premises and examine or seize any document or thing found on the premises and which the fire chief believes may be of assistance in determining the point of origin, probable causes or immediate circumstances of the fire ;

(3)  take photographs of the premises and of any thing ;

(4)  make copies of any documents ;

(5)  conduct or commission, on the premises, the expert appraisals considered necessary ;

(6)  collect the accounts of witnesses.

2000, c. 20, s. 44; 2001, c. 76, s. 188.

2000-09-01

44. For the purposes of section 43, the fire chief or the person designated by the fire chief may, during the 24 hours following the fire,

(1)  prohibit access to the scene of the fire to facilitate the search for or the preservation of any thing relevant for the purposes of his or her functions ;

(2)  inspect the damaged premises and examine or seize any document or thing found on the premises and which the fire chief believes may be of assistance in determining the point of origin, probable causes or immediate circumstances of the fire ;

(3)  take photographs of the premises and of any thing ;

(4)  make copies of any documents ;

(5)  conduct or commission, on the premises, the expert appraisals considered necessary ;

(6)  collect the accounts of witnesses.

2000, c. 20, s. 44.