#ProtectionOfficerinDomesticViolenceMatter

Описание: 8. Appointment of Protection Officers.—(1) The State Government shall, by notification, appoint
such number of Protection Officers in each district as it may consider necessary and shall also notify the
area or areas within which a Protection Officer shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred
on him by or under this Act.

(2) The Protection Officers shall as far as possible be women and shall possess such qualifications
and experience as may be prescribed.
(3) The terms and conditions of service of the Protection Officer and the other officers subordinate to
him shall be such as may be prescribed.

9. Duties and functions of Protection Officers.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Protection Officer—
(a) to assist the Magistrate in the discharge of his functions under this Act;
(b) to make a domestic incident report to the Magistrate, in such form and in such manner as may
be prescribed, upon receipt of a complaint of domestic violence and forward copies thereof to the
police officer in charge of the police station within the local limits of whose jurisdiction domestic
violence is alleged to have been committed and to the service providers in that area;
(c) to make an application in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed to the
Magistrate, if the aggrieved person so desires, claiming relief for issuance of a protection order;
(d) to ensure that the aggrieved person is provided legal aid under the Legal Services Authorities
Act, 1987 (39 of 1987) and make available free of cost the prescribed form in which a complaint is to
be made;
(e) to maintain a list of all service providers providing legal aid or counselling, shelter homes and
medical facilities in a local area within the jurisdiction of the Magistrate;
(f) to make available a safe shelter home, if the aggrieved person so requires and forward a copy
of his report of having lodged the aggrieved person in a shelter home to the police station and the
Magistrate having jurisdiction in the area where the shelter home is situated;
(g) to get the aggrieved person medically examined, if she has sustained bodily injuries and
forward a copy of the medical report to the police station and the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the
area where the domestic violence is alleged to have been taken place;
(h) to ensure that the order for monetary relief under section 20 is complied with and executed, in
accordance with the procedure prescribed under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);
(i) to perform such other duties as may be prescribed.
(2) The Protection Officer shall be under the control and supervision of the Magistrate, and shall
perform the duties imposed on him by the Magistrate and the Government by, or under, this Act