10. Substitution of section 13

The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 13

the following section:

s 13“When protection order may be sought

(1)

A protection order may be sought—

(a)

within seven days after the victim has been informed in writing by a police officer under paragraph 4(4)(b)

that a criminal proceeding relating to the commission of an offence involving domestic violence will be instituted against the person against whom the order is made; or

(b)

at any stage of the criminal proceedings under the

Penal Code or any other written law where the accused is charged with an offence involving domestic violence whether or not an interim protection order or emergency protection order has been sought and issued against the accused.

(2)

A protection order under subsection (1) may be sought in particular—

(a)

as a condition of the accused’s release on bail; or

(b)

upon the compounding of the offence referred to in subsection (1) under section 260 of the Criminal

Procedure Code [Act 593].”.

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