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  • Special Floors In Operating-Theatres And Similar Places

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    Any rooms in hospitals, nursing-homes and similar places, such as operating-theatres or delivery-rooms, in which explosive gas is used or stored, shall have non-sparking conductive floors complying with the particulars of S.A.B.S. 051, Prevention of explosive and electrical hazards in hospitals.

  • Windowless Buildings

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    (1) In any occupancy-unit in which there are no windows in external walls, the provisions of this section shall be observed except by written permission of the local authority under special circumstances. (2) A mechanical system of ventilation shall be provided, complying with the requirements of Chapter 10. (3) Where any ventilation-duct passes through a…

  • Parking-garages

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    Every parking-garage shall comply with the following requirements— a) every such garage forming part of a building used for an occupancy different from that of the garage shall be separated from the remainder of such building by one or more occupancy-separation structures having a fire-resistance rating of not less than that specified in Table XVIII;…

  • Flues, Chimneys And Smoke-Stacks

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    (1) Flues. – Every heat-generating appliance producing smoke or other noxious gases shall be provided with a flue complying with the following requirements— a) no flue shall have smoke-pipe connexions in more than one storey of a building, unless provision is made for effectively closing smoke-pipe openings with devices made of non-combustible materials whenever their…

  • Rooms Containing Heating Appliances And Air-Conditioning Appliances

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    (1) Subject to the provision of subsection (9), every room in a building which— (a) contains an air-conditioning plant or a boiler, furnace-incinerator or similar appliance in which heat is generated; and b) serves the whole or greater part of an occupancy-unit; shall be separated from the remainder of the building by walls, floor and…

  • Spray-Rooms

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    (1) General. – Every room used or intended to be used for spraying, or otherwise applying cellulose or other flammable paints or lacquers or other volatile flammable liquids (hereinafter referred to as a spray-room) shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of this section. (2) No such room shall be used for any purpose…

  • Dry-Cleaning Rooms

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    (1) General. – Every room used, or intended to be used, for gain or reward for the cleaning or treatment of garments, textiles or other such materials, with the aid of flammable liquids or substances (here-inafter referred to as a dry-cleaning room), shall comply with the requirements of this section. (2) No dry-cleaning room shall…

  • Rooms For Storage Or Keeping Of Film

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    (1) Film in excess of 150 kilograms shall only be stored or kept in rooms and positions complying with the requirements of this section. (2) Nothing other than film and film-cement shall be kept in a film-storage room referred to in subsection (1). (3) The walls, floors and roofs or ceiling of such rooms shall…

  • Protection And Rewinding Enclosure

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    (1) In this section – “projection-room enclosure” means an enclosure in which a projection unit is operated or in which a projection unit is operated or in which the rewinding of film is undertaken or in which both such activities are conducted; “projection unit” means a projector with or without a slides-machine. (2) No flammable…

  • Stages And Back-Stage Areas

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    (1) Except as provided in subsections (13) and (14), the provisions of this section shall apply to stages and ack-stage areas in all theatres and other occupancy-units in which plays, operas or other productions necessitating the use of scenery take place. (2) In all such occupancy-units, the stage and back-stage area shall be completely separated…