Summary

A Law to Provide Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes, Lagos State of Nigeria, 2007.

Content

PART I - PRELIMINARY

• 1. Short title.
• 2. Interpretation.
• 3. Meaning of domestic violence.
• 4. Meaning of domestic relationship.
• 5. Meaning of family member.

PART II - PROTETION ORDERS

• 6. Duties of police officers in relation to domestic violence.
• 7. Information on offences involving domestic violence.
• 8. Application for protection order.
• 9. Application by children.
• 10. Application by person lacking capacity.
• 11. Application of behalf of certain persons.
• 12. Application without notice for protection order.
• 13. Power to make protection order.
• 14. Counseling. 
• 15. Existence of other proceedings not to preclude granting of protection order.
• 16. Protection of dependents.
• 17. Protection for co-respondents.
• 18. Mutual orders.
• 19. Contents of protection order.
• 20. Further provision relating to prohibitions of contact.
• 21. Duration of protection order.
• 22. Breach of protection order.
• 23. Arrest for breach of protection order.

PART III - MODE OF APPLICATION

• 24. Applications by victims of domestic violence.
• 25. Applications by other parties.
• 26. Procedure in third party applications.
• 27. Explanation of order.
• 28. Persons who may be present during proceedings.
• 29. Evidence. 
• 30. Appeal by respondent.
• 31. Restrictions on reports of proceedings.

PART IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

• 32. Compensation.
• 33. General provisions as to offences.
• 34. Provision on delegated powers.

Source: Lagos State Ministry of Justice (Document Source)

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