Cap. 16 Art. 39Protection and Treatment Orders in lawsuit for personal separation.

Where a law suit for personal separation has been filed by either spouse, or a law suit for access, and, or, care and custody of children has been filed, even when the parents are not married, and evidence of acts of domestic violence has been produced, the court may, either on an application of one of the parties or on its own motion in order to protect the safety of the parties involved or in the best interests of the child or children or of any other minor dependants of any of the spouses, issue a protection order under article 412C of the Criminal Code and, or a treatment order under article 412D of the same Code and the provisions of those articles shall apply to an order issued under this article as mutatis mutandis if it were an order issued under the corresponding article of the said Code.