TUVALU

FAMILY PROTECTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015
Act No.12 of 2015

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FAMILY PROTECTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT TO GIVE EACH MEMBER OF THE ISLAND COURTS THE POWER TO ISSUE PROTECTION ORDERS

ENACTED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF TUVALU 
22nd December, 2015 

Commencement [1st January, 2016] 

1 Short Title and Commencement 

(1) This Act may be cited as the Family Protection and Domestic Violence Act 2015. 

(2) This Act shall commence on the day it is published by exhibition. 

2 Amendment to section 5 

Section 5 of the Act is amended by inserting the following provision after section 5(2):- 

"(3) In relation to subsection (1)(a), each member of the Island court shall have the power to make or grant a protection order in accordance with this Act."