Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 2017 · s 8

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8.
Amendment of section 11
Section 11 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)	 by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Rehabilitation programme, etc.”;

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(b)	 by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
	 “(1)  The court may, in an application in which a protection order is sought, in addition to issuing a protection order, make an order that one or more of the parties to the dispute be referred to a rehabilitation programme, provided that an order to refer the victim to a rehabilitation programme shall be made only with the consent of the victim.”;
(c) 	by deleting subsections (1a) and (1b);
(d)	 in subsection (2), by substituting for the words “one or both of the orders under subsection (1) or (1b)” the words “the order under subsection (1)”;
(e)	 in subsection (3), by deleting the words “or (1b)”; and
(f)	 by substituting for subsection (4) the following subsection:
	 “(4)  In this section, “rehabilitation programme” means the programme provided by the Ministry responsible for welfare services for the purposes of family and community development.”.

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s 8Amendment of section 11

Section 11 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:

“Rehabilitation programme, etc.”;

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(b)

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1) The court may, in an application in which a protection order is sought, in addition to issuing a protection order, make an order that one or more of the parties to the dispute be referred to a rehabilitation programme, provided that an order to refer the victim to a rehabilitation programme shall be made only with the consent of the victim.”;

(c)

by deleting subsections (1a) and (1b);

(d)

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words “one or both of the orders under subsection (1) or (1b)” the words “the order under subsection (1)”;

(e)

in subsection (3), by deleting the words “or (1b)”; and

(f)

by substituting for subsection (4) the following subsection:

“(4) In this section, “rehabilitation programme” means the programme provided by the Ministry responsible for welfare services for the purposes of family and community development.”.