Cap. 581 Art. 6Establishment of the Commission.

(1) There shall be a Commission to be known as the

Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence which shall be a co-ordinating body with the aim of offering a holistic response to gender-based violence and domestic violence by promoting the right of all persons to live free from violence in both the public and private sphere, and of implementing measures to prevent all forms of violence falling within the scope of this Act.

(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and shall be capable, subject to the provisions of this Act, of entering into contracts, of employing personnel, of acquiring, holding and disposing of property of any kind for the purposes of its functions under this Act or any other law, of suing and of being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all such transactions as are conducive or incidental to the exercise or performance of its functions as herein contained.

(3) The legal and judicial representation of the Commission shall lie in its Commissioner or such other officer as the Minister may from time to time appoint by notice in the Gazette:

Provided that the Commission may appoint any one of its members or any other person to appear in its name and on its behalf in any judicial proceedings, and on any act, contract, agreement or document whatsoever.