Which of the following is not duty of the protection officer according to the Protection of Wo...........

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Domestic violence in India includes any form of violence suffered by a person from a biological relative, but typically is the violence suffered by a woman by male members of her family or relatives.Every third women, since the age of 15, has faced domestic violence of various forms in the country, reported the National Family Health Survey (NHFS-4).Recently Supreme Court held that even the brother-in-law has a liability to pay maintenance to a victim under the Domestic Violence Act if they had lived together under the same roof in a shared household as part of a joint family at any point of time. According to WHO, worldwide as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner.The 2012 National Crime Records Bureau report of India states a reported crime rate of 46 per 100,000, rape rate of 2 per 100,000, dowry homicide rate of 0.7 per 100,000 and the rate of domestic cruelty by husband or his relatives as 5.9 per 100,000.

Which of the following is not duty of the protection officer according to the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act ?

Ensuring that the aggrieved person is provided legal aid under the legal services authorities Act, 1987

Make the domestic incident report

Assist the magistrate in the discharge of his/her functions under the act

coordinate between the services provided by the Ngo or ministries.

Ensuring Shelter for victim

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Explanation:

The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 was enacted to constitute legal services authorities for providing free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society to ensure that opportunities for securing justice were not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities and to organize .The domestic incident report defined in Section 2(e) means a report made in prescribed form on receipt of a complaint of domestic violence

It shall be the duty of the Protection Officer—to assist the Magistrate in the discharge of his functions under this Act;

Ensure that the aggrieved person is provided shelter in a shelter home, if she so requires and forward a report of the lodging of the aggrieved person in the shelter home to the police station within the local limits of which the domestic violence took place.