JKPWDV Act 9अध्याय III · Powers and Duties of Protection Officers, Service Providers etc.

धारा 9 · Duties and functions of Protection Officer

(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 Incharge 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 Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authorities Act, 1997 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 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, Samvat 1989;(i)to perform such other duties as may br 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.

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