15 PRESIDENT'S NOD TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT
Then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam gave assent to the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which aims at protecting women from verbal, emotional, economic and sexual abuses and offers free legal services to such victims.
Under the Act, applicable to all states and Union Territories except Jammu and Kashmir, any act of omission or commission or conduct of an adult male person shall constitute domestic violence an official press note said here today.
As per the Act, a police officer, protection officer, service provider or magistrate who receives a message of domestic violence shall inform the aggrieved person of her right to make an application for obtaining relief by way of a protection order.
The Act provides the rights for free legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, and right to file a complaint under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, wherever relevant.
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