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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECTION ORDERS ACT 2008 (NO. 46 OF 2008) - SECT 44

Consent orders and parties with legal disability

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the Magistrates Court is considering an application for a consent order; and

        (b)     a party to the proceeding is a person with a legal disability who is not separately represented by someone else; and

        (c)     it appears to the court that the party should be separately represented by someone else.

    (2)     The Magistrates Court—

        (a)     must not make the consent order; and

        (b)     may adjourn the hearing to allow the person to get a litigation guardian.


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