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Section 5 of the Act gives the court in criminal cases a power to grant restraining orders and section 5A, introduced by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, extends this power to cases where the defendant was acquitted, if the court "considers it necessary to do so to protect a person from harassment by the defendant.".
Under this act the definition of harassment is behaviour which causes alarm or distress. This Act provides for a jail sentence of up to six months or a fine. There are also a variety of civil remedies that can be used including awarding of damages, and restraining orders backed by the power of arrest.
a general civil restraint order (formerly a Bhamjee order [5]) for a maximum of three years for all proceedings in the High Court or specified county courts. Further applications totally without merit can lead to withdrawal of the right of appeal. Harassment of the court and court officials can lead to a penal prohibition notice, prohibiting ...
A minister has urged domestic abuse victims “suffering in silence” to seek support as the government rolls out strict new restraining orders to stop abusers from harassing their victims.. Alex ...
A restraining order issued by the Justice Court of Las Vegas. A restraining order or protective order [a] is an order used by a court to protect a person in a situation often involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault.
Civil orders in England relating to domestic abuse; Statutory legislation Description Family Law Act 1996, [32] s.42: Non-Molestation Order: Family Law Act 1996, [32] s.33, 35-38: Occupation Order: Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, [30] s.12: Restraining Order: Crime and Security Act 2010, [34] s.24-33: Domestic Violence Protection ...
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) secured a temporary restraining order Tuesday against a former boyfriend, saying in dozens of pages of court filings that he had bombarded her, as well as her ...
An ASBO was an order of the court which told an individual aged over 10 years how they must not behave. An order could contain only negative prohibitions. It could not contain a positive obligation. [32] To obtain an ASBO, a two-stage test had to be satisfied by the applicant authority (see: s.1(1) Crime and Disorder Act 1998).