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The Law on Protection against Domestic Violence is adopted!
16-03-2005  

On 16 March 2005, the National Assembly adopted the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence.

The Law is envisaged to regulate the relations related to domestic violence and to provide protection measures. It gives legal definition of the term ‘domestic violence’. The State is obliged to create conditions for the implementation of programs for preventing domestic violence and programs providing assistance to victims of domestic violence.

The court protection against domestic violence includes measures to be imposed by District courts through administrative acts, called orders for protection, which may force the offender to restrain from domestic violence, get the offender out of the home, prohibit the offender to get close to the house, the place of work, etc. of the victim, advise programs to be followed for the recovery of victims, oblige the offender to follow specialized programs, and impose fines in amounts from 200 to 1000 Levas.


 
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