2. Definitions. -In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a)“aggrieved person ” means any woman who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with
the respondent and who alleges to have been subjected to any act of domestic violence by the
respondent; (b)“child ” means any person below the age of eighteen years and includes any adopted, step or
foster child; (c)“compensation order ” means an order granted in terms of section 22; (d)“custody order ” means an order gr anted in terms of section 21; (e)“domestic incident report ” means a report made in the prescribed form on receipt of a
complaint of domestic violence from an aggrieved person; (f)“domestic relationship ” means a relationship between two persons who live o r have, at any
point of time, lived together in a shared household, when they are related by consanguinity, marriage,
or through a relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption or are family members living together as
a joint family; (g)“domestic viole nce” has the same meaning as assigned to it in section 3; (h)“dowry ” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition
Act, 1961 (28 of 1961); (i)“Magistrate ” means the Judicial Magistrate of the first class, or as the case may be, the
Metropolitan Magistrate, exercising jurisdiction under the Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973 (2 of 1974) in the area where the aggrieved person resides tempor arily or otherwise or the
respondent resides or the domestic violence is alleged to have taken place; (j)“medical facility ” means such facility as may be notified by the State Government to be a
medical facility for the purposes of this Act; (k)“monetary relief ” means the compensation which the Magistrate may order the respondent to
pay to the aggrieved person, at any stage during the hearing of an application seeking any relief under
this Act, to meet the expenses incurred and the losses suffered by the aggrieved person as a result of
the domestic violence; (l)“notification ” means a notification published in the Official Gazette and the expression
“notified ” shall be construed accordingly; (m)“prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;