Text of the provision
Sec. 38. Exemption from Payment of Docket Fee and Other Expenses. – If the victim is an indigent or there is an immediate necessity due to imminent danger or threat of danger to act on an application for a protection order, the court shall accept the application without payment of the filing fee and other fees and of transcript of stenographic notes.
Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, Republic Act No. 9262 (2004). Reproduced in full from the official enactment and verified word-for-word against the LawPhil and ChanRobles renderings.
What this section means
Where the victim is indigent, or there is immediate necessity because of imminent danger, the court must accept the application without payment of the filing fee, other fees, or the cost of transcripts of stenographic notes.
Related provisions
- Section 37 — Hold Departure Order.
- Section 39 — Inter-Agency Council.
Cases citing this section
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