CHAPTER III POWERS AND DUTIES OF PROTECTION OFFICERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, ETC

Section 5: Duties of police officers, service providers and Magistrate

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

A police officer, Protection Officer, service provider or Magistrate who has received a complaint of domestic violence or is otherwise present at the place of an incident of domestic violence or when the incident of domestic violence is reported to him, shall inform the aggrieved person—

(a) of her right to make an application for obtaining a relief by way of a protection order, an order for monetary relief, a custody order, a residence order, a compensation order or more than one such order under this Act;

(b) of the availability of services of service providers;

(d) of her right to free legal services under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987);

(e) of her right to file a complaint under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), wherever relevant:

Provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed in any manner as to relieve a police officer from his duty to proceed in accordance with law upon receipt of information as to the commission of a cognizable offence.

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1. Under Section 5 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, a police officer, Protection Officer, service provider or Magistrate who receives a complaint of domestic violence shall inform the aggrieved person of: 1. her right to apply for a protection order, monetary relief, custody order, residence order or compensation order. 2. her right to free legal services under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. 3. her right to file a complaint under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, wherever relevant. 4. her right to interim compensation from the State Government's victim compensation fund. Which of the above are listed in Section 5?

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