law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  28 - Procedure.
  1.  
  
    Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all proceedings under
  
  sections 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 and offences under section 31 shall be
  
  governed by the provisions of the  Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
  2.  Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prevent the court from laying
  
  down its own procedure for disposal of an application under section 12 or under
  
  sub-section (2) of section 23.