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Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
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interdicting a person
from having access to
or limiting access by a
person to a child.
The nature and
consequences of these
orders are dealt with
in detail in Chapter
3, which examines
the responsibility of
the DoSD in making
the facilities and
resources available to
accommodate children
in the alternative
care ordered and to
provide the care and
protections services
contemplated by the
relevant court order.
Protection services for children who are victims of domestic violence
Protection
orders for
victims of
domestic
violence
In terms of the
Domestic Violence
Act 116/1998, a victim
of domestic violence
(including a child) may
approach the nearest
magistrate’s court
and apply for either
an interim or a final
protection order.
A protection order is
an order issued by
the court ordering the
person with whom
the complainant
has a domestic
relationship, who is
accused of abusing the
complainant, to stop
the abuse. v
Targeted beneficiaries
The Domestic Violence
Act recognises the
vulnerability of
children to domestic
violence. vi It extends
the protective
ambit of the Act by
including them in the
definition of protected
‘complainants’.
A complainant is
defined as (s1(iii)),
‘Any person who is or
has been in a domestic
relationship with a
respondent and who is
or has been subjected
or allegedly subject
to an act of domestic
violence, including any
child in the care of the
complainant.’
All magistrate’s courts
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