The Domestic Violence Emergency Response Team will be activated by the police. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - A new 24-hour emergency response team will attend to high-risk cases of family violence to protect victims, as part ofto strengthen protection for survivors of abuse.
The order is valid for 14 days, to give the victim enough time to apply for a personal protection order - a court order restraining a person from committing violence against a family member. Any breach of the Emergency Order by the perpetrator will be an arrestable offence. The bill also seeks to address the issue of victims who refuse to apply for a PPO despite being in danger, by empowering certain third parties like the director-general of social welfare and those authorised by her to apply for a PPO on the victim’s behalf.
Those authorised by the director-general, called protectors, will also be allowed to enter homes to assess and obtain information or evidence of a victim experiencing family violence. Currently the consent of the victims is needed, but they may be unwilling to cooperate or share information. As a last resort, if all other measures are not enough to protect the victim, protectors can also apply to the court to remove the victim from their home. This can be done if their safety is seriously threatened but they do not take steps to protect themselves - for example, by refusing to report a breach of a PPO.
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