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HARASSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 21

Duration of restraining order

21 Duration of restraining order

1 A restraining order may be made for such period (whether longer or shorter than 1 year) as the court considers necessary to protect the applicant from further harassment.
2 A restraining order continues in force until—
a) it is discharged under section 23 ; or
b) where the court directs that the order is to be in force for a specified period, the expiry of that period; or
c) in the absence of such a direction, the expiry of 1 year from the date on which the order is made.
Note: 1995 No 86 s 45



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