Applications

(1) An application for an Interim Protection Order and any other Interim Order provided in section 11(4) of this Act, or for a Protection Order or any other Order provided in section 3 (7) of the Act, shall be made in the prescribed form, being Form 1 in Schedule II and shall be filed with the Clerk upon payment of the requisite filing fees. Schedule II. (2) Except as otherwise provided for by this Act, the Summary Jurisdiction (Procedure) Act, Cap. 99, shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of an application made under sub- section (1) of this section. (3) Proceedings in respect of an application under sub- section (1) of this section shall be held in camera unless the Court, in its discretion, directs otherwise. (4) Where an application under sub-section (1) of this section is made on behalf of a child or dependant, the parent or guardian of that child or dependant, or the person with whom the child or dependant normally resides or resides with on a regular basis is entitled to be a party to the proceedings. (5) Nothing in sub-section (4) of this section, shall prevent a child or dependant, on whose behalf an application is made under sub-section (1) of the section, from being heard in the proceedings, and where the child or dependant expresses views, the Court shall take account of those views having regard to the age, maturity and mental capacity of the child or dependant, and the ability of the child or dependant to express such views coherently and with sufficient clarity. 25