VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ACT, 2015

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ACT, 2015

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

This  Act  prohibits  all  forms  of  violence against persons  in  private  and public  life, and provides  maximum  protection  and   effective   remedies   for  victims  and  punishment  of offenders.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – OFFENCES

1. Definition of Rape
2. Inflicting physical injury on another
3. Coercion
4. Wilfully placing a person in fear of physical injury
5. Offensive conduct
6. Prohibition of female circumcision or genital mutilation
7. Frustrating investigation
8. Wilfully Making False Statement
9. Forcefully ejection from home
10. Depriving a person of his or her Liberty
11. Damage to property with intent to cause Distress
12. Forced financial dependence or economic abuse
13. Forced isolation or separation from family and friends
14. Emotional, verbal and psychological abuse
15. Harmful widowhood practices
16. Abandonment of children, spouse and other dependants without means of sustenance
17. Stalking
18. Intimidation
19. Spousal Battery
20. Harmful Traditional Practices
21. Attack with Harmful Substance
22. Administering a Substance with Intent
23. Political Violence
24. Violence by State Actors
25. Incest [Schedule to the Act]
26. Indecent Exposure

PART II -JURISDICTION OF THE COUT

27. Jurisdiction
28. Application of Protection Order
29. Consideration of Application
30. Issuing of Protection Orders
31. Court’s Powers in Respect of Protection Orders
32. Power of Police
33. Warrant of Arrest upon Issuing Protection Order
34. Variation or Setting aside of Protection Order
35. Discharge
36. Offences Relating to Protection Orders
37. Application and Forms of Protection Order
38. Right of Victims

PART III – SERVICE PROVIDERS

39. Prohibition of Publication of certain Information
40. Registration and Powers of Service Providers
41. Protection Officers
42. Coordinator for Prevention of Domestic Violence
43. Dangerous Sexual Offenders

PART IV – REGULATORY BODY

44. Regulatory Body

PART V -CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT

45. General Savings and Repeal

PART VI – INTERPRETATION

46. Interpretation

SCHEDULE                             

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VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS (PROHIBITION) ACT, 2015

An  Act to eliminate violence in  private  and  public life,  prohibit  all forms  of violence against persons  and  to provide  maximum protection  and  effective  remedies for  victims  and  punishment  of offenders;  and  for related  matters.

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[Commencement]                 [23^rd Day of May 2015]

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ENACTED by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-

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