Approved on 24 February 2016 by Punjab Assembly THE PUNJAB PROTECTION OF WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE BILL 2015 Bill No. 31 of 2015 A BILL to establish an effective system of protection relief and rehabilitation of women against violence. Since the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, while guaranteeing gender equality, enables the State to make any special provision for the protection of women, it is necessary to protect women against violence including domestic violence, to establish a protection system for effective service delivery to women victims and to create an enabling environment to encourage and facilitate women freely to play their desired role in the society, and to provide for ancillary matters; Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act 2015. (2)...