The Protection Officers and members of service providers, while acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or any rules or orders made thereunder shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Definition of domestic violence.Section 4 · Information to Protection Officer and exclusion of liability of informant.Section 5 · Duties of police officers, service providers and Magistrate.Section 6 · Duties of shelter homes.Section 7 · Duties of medical facilities.Section 8 · Appointment of Protection Officers.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 09 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2019-12-02. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.