law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  9. Duties and functions of
  
  Protection Officers.-
  1.  
  
    It shall be the duty of the Protection Officer-
  a.  
  
    to assist the Magistrate in the discharge of his functions under
  
  this Act;
  b.  
  
    to make a domestic incident report to the Magistrate, in such form
  
  and in such manner as may be prescribed, upon receipt of a complaint of
  
  domestic violence and forward copies thereof to the police officer in charge of
  
  the police station within the local limits of whose jurisdiction domestic
  
  violence is alleged to have been committed and to the service providers in that
  
  area;
  c.  
  
    to make an application in such form and in such manner as may be
  
  prescribed to the Magistrate, if the aggrieved person so desires, claiming
  
  relief for issuance of a protection order;
  d.  
  
    to ensure that the aggrieved person is provided legal aid under
  
  the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987) and make available free
  
  of cost the prescribed form in which a complaint is to be made;
  e.  
  
    to maintain a list of all service providers providing legal aid or
  
  counselling, shelter homes and medical facilities in a local area within the
  
  jurisdiction of the Magistrate;
  f.  
  
    to make available a safe shelter home, if the aggrieved person so
  
  requires and forward a copy of his report of having lodged the aggrieved person
  
  in a shelter home to the police station and the Magistrate having jurisdiction
  
  in the area where the shelter home is situated;
  g.  
  
    to get the aggrieved person medically examined, if she has
  
  sustained bodily injuries and forward a copy of the medical report to the
  
  police station and the Magistrate having jurisdiction in the area where the
  
  domestic violence is alleged to have been taken place;
  h.  
  
    to ensure that the order for monetary relief under section 20 is
  
  complied with and executed, in accordance with the procedure prescribed under
  
  the  Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973    (2 of 1974);
  i.  
  
    to perform such other duties as may be prescribed.
  2.  The Protection Officer shall be under the control and supervision
  
  of the Magistrate, and shall perform the duties imposed on him by the
  
  Magistrate and the Government by, or under, this Act.