ZIMBABWE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT CHAPTER 5.16

Act No. 24 of 2006

Published in Government Gazette: 26th February, 2007.

Commencement: date to be fixed in terms of section 1(2).

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT [CHAPTER 5:16]

Act 14/2006

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Section
1. Short title and date of commencement.
2. Interpretation.
3. Meaning of domestic violence and its scope.
4. Offence of domestic violence and acts excluded from its scope.

PART II

DUTIES OF POLICE AND POWERS OF ARREST IN RESPECT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
5. Duties of police officers in relation to domestic violence.
6. Arrest by police officer without warrant.

PART III

PROTECTION ORDERS

7. Application for protection order.
8. Determination of application.
9. Issue of interim protection order.
10. Issue of protection order.
11. Contents of protection order.
12. Application for revocation, variation or extension of protection orders.
13. Issue of further copies of orders and warrants of arrest.
14. Enforcement of protection orders.

PART IV

ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELLORS AND ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNCIL

15. Anti-domestic violence counsellors.
16. Anti-Domestic Violence Council.

PART V

GENERAL

17. General provisions as to ofences.
18. Special jurisdiction of local courts.
19. Regulations.

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