Cap 189 s 6 Limitations as regards injunctions and authorizations of arrest* (DOMESTIC AND COHABITATION RELATIONSHIPS VIOLENCE ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	189	Title:	DOMESTIC AND COHABITATION RELATIONSHIPS VIOLENCE ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	L.N. 265 of 2009
Section:	6	Heading:	Limitations as regards injunctions and authorizations of arrest*	Version Date:	01/01/2010

(1) A provision mentioned in section 3(1)(c) or (d), 3A(4)(b) or (c) or 3B(1)(c) or (d) contained in an injunction granted under section 3, 3A or 3B shall have effect for a period, not exceeding 24 months, as the court considers appropriate. (Replaced 17 of 2008 s. 8)
(2) An authorization of arrest attached under section 5(1) to an injunction shall—

(a) have effect for a period, not exceeding 24 months, as the court considers appropriate; and

(b) expire upon the expiry of the validity period of the injunction. (Replaced 17 of 2008 s. 8)

(3) Nothing in this Ordinance authorizes a court, on an application by a party to a cohabitation relationship— (Amended 18 of 2009 s. 11)

(a) to grant an injunction containing a provision mentioned in section 3B(1)(c) or (d); or

(b) to attach to an injunction an authorization of arrest under section 5(1),

unless the court is satisfied that having regard to the permanence of the cohabitation relationship it is appropriate in all the circumstances to grant that injunction or attach that authorization of arrest. (Amended 17 of 2008 s. 8)

(Amended 18 of 2009 s. 11)

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* (Amended 17 of 2008 s. 8)