law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  10. Service providers.-
  1.  
  
    Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, any voluntary
  
  association registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860)
  
  or a company registered under the  Companies Act, 1956  (1 of 1956) or any other law for the time being in force
  
  with the objective of protecting the rights and interests of women by any
  
  lawful means including providing of legal aid, medical, financial or other
  
  assistance shall register itself with the State Government as a service
  
  provider for the purposes of this Act.
  2.  A service provider registered under sub‑section (1) shall
  
  have the power to-
  a.  
  
    record the domestic incident report in the prescribed form if the
  
  aggrieved person so desires and forward a copy thereof to the Magistrate and
  
  the Protection Officer having jurisdiction in the area where the domestic
  
  violence took place;
  b.  
  
    get the aggrieved person medically examined and forward a copy of
  
  the medical report to the Protection Officer and the police station within the
  
  local limits of which the domestic violence took place;
  c.  
  
    ensure that the aggrieved person is provided shelter in a shelter
  
  home, if she so requires and forward a report of the lodging of the aggrieved
  
  person in the shelter home to the police station within the local limits of
  
  which the domestic violence took place.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against
  
  any service provider or any member of the service provider who is, or who is
  
  deemed to be, acting or purporting to act under this Act, for anything which is
  
  in good faith done or intended to be done in the exercise of powers or
  
  discharge of functions under this Act towards the prevention of the commission
  
  of domestic violence.