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BHR-2015-L-101717
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Law No. 17 of 2015 concerning Protection against Domestic Violence.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bahrain
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-08-13
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Chapter I: General Provisions.
Chapter II: Family Counseling Department.
Chapter III: Domestic Violence Protection Measures.
Chapter IV: Sanctions.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2015-08-14
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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1976-03-20 (BHR-1976-L-61289)
Bahrain Penal Code, 1976.
Basic text(s)
2002-03-02 (BHR-2002-R-65396)
Legislative Decree with respect to approving accession to Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (No. 5 of 2002).
Basic text(s)
2012-08-07 (BHR-2012-L-92395)
Law No. 37 of 2012 Promulgating the Child Law.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Bahrain Legislation & Legal opinion commission online
Place of publication
Manama
Country
Bahrain
URL
http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/
File
K1715.pdf (PDF in Arabic)