Give and explain the purpose of one law or legislation that protect citizens against gender based violence
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Scope. Primarily meant to provide protection to the wife or female live-in partner from domestic violence at the hands of the husband or male live-in partner or his relatives, the law also extends its protection to women living in a household such as sisters, widows or mothers.
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Legislation that criminalises violence against women codifies the rights of women to live free of violence. Laws can play an important symbolic role,by indicating that such behaviour is socially unacceptable. The associated sanctions may serve a deterrence function.
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