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In thi, Act, oole" Ibe aontext olbemi" "qoir".- (a) "aggrieved pmon" mean, any woman who i" o,h.. been, in a dome"ia "lation,hip witb the "'pondent and who aile." to have been ,objected to any act of dom"tia yiolen" by the "'pondent; Shmt h<',. "",,,., ~., Don.,h..,. THE GAZETIE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PARTII- (b) "child" means any pmon below the age of eighteen years and includes any adopted. step or foster chHd; (c) "compcosation order" means an order g<anted m ter... of section 22; (d) "custody order" meaos an order g<aoted in tenDS of section 21; (e) "domestic incident report" means a report made in the prescribed form on receipt of a complaint of domestic violence from an awieved persoo; (/) "domestic relationsbip" meaos a relationship hetween two persons who live or have. at any pomt of time. lived together in a shared household, wheo they are related by consanguinity, marriage, or througb a relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption or are fatnily members living togetber as ajoint family; (g) "domestic violence" has the satne meaoing as assigned to it in section 3; (h) "dowry" shall bavethe Satne meaning as assigned to it in section 2 of the DowryProhihitionAct.1961; (" "Magis"ate" me""s the ludicial Magis"ate oftbe first class. or as the case may be, the Meuopolitan Magis"ate, exercisiogjutisdiction under the Code of }'riminal Procedure, 1973 m the area where the agg<ieved person resides te..porarily or otherwise or the respondent ",ides or the domestic violence is alleged to have taken place; (J) "medical facility" means such facility as may be notified by the State Government tn be a medical facility for the purposes of this Act; (k) "monetary relief" means the compensation which the Magistrate may order the "'pondent to pay to the aggrieved person, at any stage during tbe bearing of ao application seeking any relief under this Act, to meet the expenses incurred aod the lo"es suffered by the awieved persnn as a result uf the domestic y;olence; (f) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression "notified" shall be construed accordingly; (m) "prescribed" meaos prescribed by rules made under this Act (n) "Protection Officer" mcans an officer appomted bythc State Government under sub-section (1) of section 8; (0) "p,'ot.oIion order" mean, ""ord" made in terms of section 18; (P) "residcnce order" means an order gr""ted in terms of sub-section (1) of section 19; (q) "respondent" means aoy adult male person wbo is, or baa been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person and against whom the aggrieved pcrson has sought any relief under this Act, Proy;ded that an 'agg<ieVed wife or femaIe Uving in a relaUooship m the nature of a marriage may also file a complamt against a relative of the husbaod or the male partner; (r) "service provider" means an entity registered under sub-section (1) of section 10; (s) "shared bousehold" means a household where the persoo aggtieved lives or at any stage has lived in a domestic relationship either singly or along with the respondent and includes such a household whether owned or tenanted either jomtly by the aggrieved person and the responden~ or owned or tenanted by either of them m respect of which either the aggrieved person or the respondent or both jointly or singly havc aoy right, title, interest or eqnity and includes snCh a household which may belong to the jnint family of which the respondent is a member, irrespcctive of whether thc respondent or the aggrievcd person has aoy right, title or intcrest in the shared household; (t) "shelter home" means any shelter home as may be notified by the State Government to he a shelter home for the purposes of this Act. " 011961 ,or "74. , S80.1) . THE GAZETl1! OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER II DOMESTIC",OLENCE