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Under section 31 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, breach of which order by…

Section 31(1) creates the offence for breach by the respondent of a protection order or interim protection order. Maintenance, custody and residence orders are separately…

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Under section 31 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, breach of which order by the respondent is an offence?

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Section 31(1) creates the offence for breach by the respondent of a protection order or interim protection order.

Maintenance, custody and residence orders are separately provided for and do not, merely by being orders of those kinds, trigger section 31.

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Option A

Maintenance is monetary relief under section 20.

Option B

Temporary custody orders are under section 21.

Option C

Residence orders are a distinct remedy under section 19.

Option D

Section 31(1) criminalizes breach of a protection order or interim protection order by the respondent.

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