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Domestic Violence Act, 1998 (Act No. 116 of 1998)

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Domestic Violence Regulations, 2022

5. Reporting of knowledge, belief or suspicion of acts of domestic violence (section 2B(2)(a))

 

(1) An adult person who knows, believes or suspects on reasonable grounds that an act of domestic violence has been committed against a child, a person with a disability or an older person must, as soon as possible, report such knowledge, belief or suspicion on a form of an affidavit which corresponds substantially with Form 3 of the Annexure.

 

(2) The report, duly completed and signed by an adult person contemplated in subregulation (1), must be submitted, by hand or electronically, to a social worker or a member of the South African Police Service.