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IRL-2018-L-108833
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Title_of_text
Domestic Violence Act 2018 (No. 6 of 2018).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2018-05-06
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to consolidate the law on domestic violence; to provide for emergency barring orders in certain circumstances; to provide for evidence to be given through television link in certain proceedings; to provide for the right of an applicant to be accompanied in certain proceedings; to provide for the obtaining of the views of a child in certain proceedings; to provide for the giving of information on support services to victims of domestic violence; to provide for the making of recommendations for engagement with certain services by respondents; to provide for restrictions on those present in court during certain proceedings; to prohibit the publication or broadcast of certain matters; to provide for an offence of forced marriage; to repeal provisions for exemption, in certain cases, from minimum age requirements for marriage; for those and other purposes to repeal the Domestic Violence Act 1996 and the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 2002 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1996-02-27 (IRL-1996-L-44052)
Domestic Violence Act, 1996 (No. 1 of 1996).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Irish Statute Book, Republic of Ireland
URL
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie
File
IRL108833 eng.pdf (PDF)