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CHAPTER IV PROCEDURE FOR OBTAININGORDERS OF RELIEFS

Section 23: Power to grant interim and ex parte orders

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

(1) In any proceeding before him under this Act, the Magistrate may pass such interim order as he deems just and proper.

(2) If the Magistrate is satisfied that an application prima facie discloses that the respondent is committing, or has committed an act of domestic violence or that there is a likelihood that the respondent may commit an act of domestic violence, he may grant an ex parte order on the basis of the affidavit in such form, as may be prescribed, of the aggrieved person under section 18, section 19, section 20, section 21 or, as the case may be, section 22 against the respondent.

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  1. 1. Under Section 23(2) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, where an application prima facie discloses that the respondent is committing domestic violence, the Magistrate may grant an ex parte order on the basis of:

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