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The statutory duty to provide medical aid under Section 7 of the Protection of Women from Domestic…

Section 7 says that where the aggrieved person, or a Protection Officer or service provider on her behalf, requests the person in charge of the facility to provide medical…

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The statutory duty to provide medical aid under Section 7 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is imposed upon:

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Section 7 says that where the aggrieved person, or a Protection Officer or service provider on her behalf, requests the person in charge of the facility to provide medical aid, "such person in charge of the medical facility shall provide medical aid" to her there. The Protection Officer and police may help her reach the facility, but the statutory duty to give aid is on the facility's person in charge.

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