5. Applications to the Magistrate.- (1) Applications to the magistrate under sec 37 (2) (d) and sec 12 for protection, residence orders and other relief's as provided under the Act shall be made in the manner prescribed in FORM II of schedule I. (2) In case the person giving any information or aggrieved person is illiterate, the contents of the application shall be read over and explained to her, by the protection officer, bearing a thumb impression of the aggrieved person, and shall be forwarded to the concerned police station. (3) The applications under Section 12 of the Act shall be dealt with and the orders enforced in the manner prescribed under Section 125 of the Cr.PC. |