Browse laws
Explore every subject in the shelf. Open an Act to read its text, amendments and the instruments recorded beneath its sections.
The collection includes real and labelled synthetic records. Connections and counts describe the records held.
Tree
- Agriculture and cooperatives23
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution3
- Aviation10
- Banking and finance30
- Broadcasting, press and film12
- Citizenship, immigration and foreigners5
- Civil procedure and evidence50
- Companies and insolvency13
- Constitution and governance197
- Consumer protection6
- Contract and commerce18
- Criminal law & procedure3
- Criminal law and procedure32
- Currency, banking & enforcement of security1
- Defence and internal security38
- Direct tax10
- Disability, welfare and reservations16
- Disaster management and emergencies11
- Education76
- Elections6
- Energy (electricity, petroleum, atomic, renewables)19
- Environment and forests14
- Excise, liquor and prohibition (State field)21
- Family and personal law35
- Food8
- Foreign trade and investment14
- Forests, environment & land acquisition3
- Fundamental rights1
- Gratuity1
- GST1
- Health and drugs25
- Income tax1
- Indirect tax and customs26
- Information technology, data and cyber6
- Insurance8
- Intellectual property7
- Labour and industrial relations17
- Marriage, children & family1
- Mining and minerals6
- Municipal and urban development27
- Panchayats and rural local government17
- Pensions and provident funds5
- Prices, packaging & MRP1
- Property and land39
- Provident fund1
- Public procurement and public finance20
- Railways and metro4
- Real estate and housing15
- Religious institutions, charities and trusts19
- Right to information and public accountability10
- Road transport12
- Securities and capital markets14
- Shipping, ports and inland waterways16
- Social security5
- Sports and gaming7
- Stamp duty5
- State revenue, land records and tenancy (State field)43
- Telecommunications4
- Telecommunications & interception1
- Tourism, hospitality and monuments8
- Water and irrigation23
- Women and children12
- Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act, 19253
- Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act, 19600
- Karnataka Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 198226
- Andhra Pradesh Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 198855
- Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 19881
- National Commission for Women Act, 19902
- Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 19925
- Maharashtra State Commission for Women Act, 199323
- Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act, 200222
- Goa Children's Act, 20030
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 20055
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 20155
- Working conditions & protections at work3
- No power resolved40368
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005: sections with instruments beneath them (4)
Text
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [A11-A5R]
As at 8 September 2026. In force from 13 July 2006 by S.O. 860(E) [N12-CQN].
Sections (32)
Chapter I. PRELIMINARY
Chapter II. COMMISSION
Chapter III. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Chapter IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement [S22-C3M]
Section 2. Definitions [S22-C4T]
Section 3. Appointment of Commission [S22-C5R]
Section 4. Registration of creches [S22-C6Y]
Section 5. Prohibition of the running of a school without licence [S22-C7W]
Section 6. Grant of licence [S22-C82]
Section 7. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S22-C90]
Section 8. Powers of Protection Officer [S22-CA6]
Section 9. Power to issue directions [S22-CB4]
Section 10. Power to exempt [S22-CCA]
Section 11. Registration of childs care institution [S22-CD8]
Section 12. Prohibition of the employment of women without licence [S22-CEE]
Section 13. Grant of licence [S22-CFC]
Section 14. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S22-CGQ]
Section 15. Powers of Protection Officer [S22-CHN]
Section 16. Power to issue directions [S22-CJK]
Section 17. Power to exempt [S22-CKH]
Section 18. Registration of placements agency [S22-CMZ]
Section 19. Prohibition of the running of a creche without licence [S22-CNX]
Section 20. Grant of licence [S22-CPV]
Section 21. Maintenance of records and furnishing of returns [S22-CQS]
Section 22. Powers of Protection Officer [S22-CR7]
Section 23. Power to issue directions [S22-CS5]
Section 24. Power to exempt [S22-CT3]
Section 25. Registration of schools [S22-CV1]
Section 26. Penalty for contravention [S22-CWF]
Section 27. Offences by companies [S22-CXD]
Section 28. Appeal [S22-CYB]
Section 29. Cognizance of offences [S22-CZ9]
Section 30. Protection of action taken in good faith [S22-D0P]
Section 31. Power to make rules [S22-D1M]
Section 32. Power to remove difficulties [S22-D2J]
Made under
No recital of a power is printed.
Acted on by (4)
Amends: Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (Amendment) Act, 2017, 13 July 2017. "section 25 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (43 of 2005)". Synthetic demonstration target.
Commences: Notification S.O. 860(E), dated 16th June, 2006, 13 July 2006. "shall come into force". Synthetic demonstration target.
Exempts: Notification S.O. 712(E), dated 15th March, 2011, 15 March 2011. "section 4 of the said Act". Synthetic demonstration target.
Exempts: Notification S.O. 3248(E), dated 16th December, 2009, 16 December 2009. "section 4 of the said Act". Synthetic demonstration target.
Sort rules. Subjects by name. Acts by year, then number. Sections in the order of the arrangement. Instruments by date, then number. Amendments by date. An instrument stands under the section its recital names; where the register resolved no section, it stands under No power resolved. Counts are the rows beneath.