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Domestic
Violence Bill, 2006 (H.B. 9A, 2006)
November
01 , 2006
Note: The
Domestic Violence Act was gazetted on Feb 26, 2007 as Act 14 of
2006. However, the Act will not
come into force until the President fixes the date of commencement
by Statutory Instrument in terms of section 1(2) of the Act, which
allows different dates of commencement to be fixed for different
provisions.
Bill updated from:
- Votes and Proceedings
No. 16, 5th October 2006, pp 130 et seq,
- Votes and Proceedings
No. 18 of 31st October 2006, pp 166 et seq,
- Votes and Proceedings
No. 19, 1st November 2006, pp 172 et seq,
- Hansard Vol.
33, No. 19, 1st November
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the Domestic Violence Act, Gazetted Monday 26 February, 2007
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the original Bill, Gazetted Friday 30 June, 2006
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the index of articles on the debate around the Domestic Violence
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Domestic
Violence Bill, 2006
Veritas
has modified this version of the bill to show the effect of the
amendments made on the motion of the Minister of Justice, Legal
And Parliamentary Affairs during the committee stage in the House
of Assembly.
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Clauses have been renumbered [Original Numbers shown in brackets]
and cross-references corrected.
- Deleted
text in
strikethrough font.
- New
text in red.
Arrangement
of Sections
PART
I
PRELIMINARY
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 [4]. Duties of police officers in relation to domestic
violence.
6 [5]. Arrest by police officer without warrant.
PART III
PROTECTION ORDERS
7 [6]. Application for protection order.
8 [7]. Determination of application.
9 [8]. Issue of interim protection order.
10 [9]. Issue of protection order.
11 [10]. Contents of protection order.
12 [11]. Application for revocation, variation or extension of protection
orders.
13 [12]. Issue of further copies of orders and warrants of arrest.
14 [13]. Enforcement of protection orders.
PART IV
ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELLORS AND ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE
COUNCIL
15 [14]. Anti-domestic violence counsellors.
16 [15]. Anti-Domestic Violence Committee Council.
PART V
GENERAL
17 [16]. Offences.
18. Special jurisdiction of community courts.
19 [17]. Regulations.
BILL
To
make provision for the protection of and relief to victims of domestic
violence and to provide for matters connected with or incidental
to the foregoing.
ENACTED
by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
PART
I
PRELIMINARY
1 Short
title and date of commencement
(1) This Act
may be cited as the Domestic Violence Act, 2006.
(2) This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by
the President by statutory instrument:
Provided that
the President may fix different dates of commencement for different
provisions of this Act.
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