Section 13
Penalty
13. Penalty:
(1) A person who commits an act of domestic violence shall be punished with a fine of Three Thousand Rupees upto Twenty Five Thousand Rupees or Six months of imprisonment or both.
(2) A person who attempts to commit domestic violence or abets the crime or incites others to commit the crime shall be liable to half the punishment of the perpetrator.
(3) A person who has been punished once for the offence of domestic violence shall be liable to double the punishment upon every repetition of the offence.
(4) If a person holing a public post who commits the offence of domestic violence, he/she shall be liable to an additional ten percent punishment.
(5) A person who disobeys the Court orders made pursuant to Section 6 shall be punished with a fine of Two Thousand Rupees upto Fifteen Thousand Rupees or Four months of imprisonment or both.
(1) A person who commits an act of domestic violence shall be punished with a fine of Three Thousand Rupees upto Twenty Five Thousand Rupees or Six months of imprisonment or both.
(2) A person who attempts to commit domestic violence or abets the crime or incites others to commit the crime shall be liable to half the punishment of the perpetrator.
(3) A person who has been punished once for the offence of domestic violence shall be liable to double the punishment upon every repetition of the offence.
(4) If a person holing a public post who commits the offence of domestic violence, he/she shall be liable to an additional ten percent punishment.
(5) A person who disobeys the Court orders made pursuant to Section 6 shall be punished with a fine of Two Thousand Rupees upto Fifteen Thousand Rupees or Four months of imprisonment or both.