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How does section 30 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 classify a Protection…

Section 30 deems a Protection Officer a public servant while acting or purporting to act under the Act or a rule or order made under it. The deeming rule identifies the…

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How does section 30 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 classify a Protection Officer acting under the Act?

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Section 30 deems a Protection Officer a public servant while acting or purporting to act under the Act or a rule or order made under it.

The deeming rule identifies the officer's statutory status in carrying out those functions.

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Option A

Section 30 expressly deems the person a public servant. It does not itself confer civil-service status.

Option B

Section 30 deems Protection Officers to be public servants while acting or purporting to act under the Act, rules or orders.

Option C

Appointment by a State Government under section 8 does not make government-servant status the classification in section 30.

Option D

Section 30 does not designate Protection Officers as officers of the court.

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