| (a) | close any road or street; |
[Section 8(1)(a) substituted by section 7 of Act No. 83 of 1990]
| (b) | enter or break and enter any premises; |
| (c) | damage, destroy or pull down any property; |
| (d) | forcibly remove or cause to be removed from the scene any person who is in danger or who obstructs that member in the performance of his duties; and |
| (e) | take material or any object from any person: Provided that the owner of the material or object so taken shall be compensated therefor by the controlling authority concerned to an amount agreed upon by the controlling authority and the owner, or in the absence of such agreement, an amount determined by arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act No. 42 of 1965). |
| (2) | A member of a service of a controlling authority, including a chief fire officer, may, whenever he regards it necessary in order to perform his functions, order any inhabitant of the Republic who is not younger than 16 years and not older than 60 years to assist him in the performance of his functions on any particular occasion. |
