Article 26. Restrictions provided for by a protection order
On protection of women from harassment and abuse (LRU-561-son) · Date: 02.09.2019 · In force
The following restrictions may be provided for in a protection order:
prohibition to commit harassment and abuse;
prohibition to contact with the victim of harassment and abuse for a person who harassed and abused her (indirect contact between a victim of harassment and abuse and a person who harassed and abused her shall be allowed at workplaces and educational institutions);
imposing on the person, who harasses and has committed abuse, the obligation to reimburse the costs of treatment, counseling, placement of a victim of harassment and abuse in a specialized center for assistance to victims of harassment and abuse, inflicted material damage, as well as compensation for psychological damage;
a restriction for the person who harasses and has committed abuse in the right to store and carry weapons or a prohibition to do it (except for service weapons) during the period of a protection order or during the period specified by the above mentioned order, as well as a prohibition of the right to obtain permission to acquire weapons.
prohibition for a victim of harassment and abuse and a person harassing and abusing her to stay one on one in the same room in the event of harassment and abuse;
When deciding the issue of extending the validity period of the protection order, the court shall be entitled to apply the following restrictions, in addition to the restrictions provided for in the first part of this article:
prohibiting the person who harassed and committed violence from visiting certain places;
imposing one or more of the following obligations on the person who harassed and committed violence, such as undergoing treatment for addiction in outpatient or inpatient settings;
temporarily restricting the right of the person who harassed and committed violence to use the housing premises or a part thereof where the victim resides, and the right to approach the victim's place of work or other locations where they are situated.
If the validity period of the protection order is extended, a condition on the mandatory participation of the person who harassed and committed violence in a correctional program to change their violent behavior shall be included in the order, in addition to the requirements specified in the first and second parts of this article.
