Fire Brigades Act, 1940

Penalty for false fire alarms.

11.—Every person who shall knowingly give a false alarm of fire (whether by means of a street fire alarm, a telephonic communication, a direct statement, a message, or otherwise whatsoever) to a fire brigade maintained by the sanitary authority for a sanitary district in which this Act is in force shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.