Reporting Violence:
Based on the information the Protection Officer received, they are required to prepare a “Domestic Incident Report” to the Magistrate, seek relief from the Magistrate on behalf of the victim and forward copies of the report to the police station within the jurisdiction of the victim.

Providing Guidance:
Protection Officers are required to guide victims on the process of availing legal aid, accessing service providers, counselors, shelter homes and medical facilities in the local area.

Accessing Shelter Homes:
Protection Officers are mandated to make available safe shelter homes after receiving an order to this effect from the Magistrate. Depending on the wishes of the victim, the Protection Officer is also required to forward a copy of the report lodged in the shelter home to the police station and the Magistrate with the jurisdiction in the area where the shelter home is situated.

Supporting Claims of Maintenance and Submitting Medical Records:
Protection officers also assist victims in making claims of interim monetary relief from their husbands. They are required to forward a copy of the medical report to the police state and the magistrate with the jurisdiction in the area where the violence is purported to have taken place.

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.
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