(1) Every building meant for human occupancy shall be provided with emergency exits sufficient to permit safe escape of occupants in case of fire or whenever other emergency occurs.
(2) Emergency exits shall be located in such a way that the travel distance on each floor shall not exceed 30 metres for every occupancy.
(3) Exits shall be either horizontal or vertical type.
(4) An exit may be a doorway corridor or passageway to an internal staircase or external staircase, ramps to the street or to the roof of a building; it may be a horizontal exit leading to an adjoining building at the same level: Provided that lifts and escalators shall not be considered as exits.