Section 16(2) in Multi-Storeyed and Public Buildings Rules, 1973
(2)(a)Every place of assembly, every tier or balcony and every individual room used as a place of assembly in a public building shall have exits sufficient to provide for the total capacity thereof I leading directly outside the building or to stairways and ramps or both.(b)There shall be at least two separate exits as remote from each other as practicable for each room, hall or place of assembly, with a capacity of 600 persons, at least three separate exits when the capacity is between 601 to 1,000, at least four separate exits when the capacity is over 1000:Provided that when the capacity is less than 100 persons, and no part of the room or hall or place of assembly is 15 metres from the doorway in the line of travel, a single doorway of 100 cm. may be permitted.
