868 The Protection Against Domestic Violence Bill, 2013 - - -- - - (b) the respondent fails to appear in person at the time fixed for the hearing of the application, the court may(i) proceed to hear and determine the matter in the respondent'ls absence; or (ii) if satisfied that it is appropriate to do so, adjourn the matter and issue a warrant to the police to arrest the respondent and bring him or her before the court. Proccdun.:- in third pnrty nppl:cnti on s. J·: xplanat ion uf .. orUcr. 30. ( l) In any case where an application for a protection order is made by a person, other than the actual victim of domestic violence, the court shall not commence or continue the hearing of the application if the victim, or if the victim is a child or a physically, mentally, intellectually or sensory challenged person, the person referred to under section 12(2), objects to the application being heard and determined. (2) Subsection (I) shall not apply if the applicant under section 32 is the respondent. 31. (I) Where the court proposes to make a protection order and the respondent is before the court, the court shall, before making the order, explain to the respondent- (a) the purpose , term and effect of the proposed order; (b) the consequences that may follow if the respondent fails to comply with the terms of the proposed order; and (c) the means by which the proposed order may be varied or revoked. (2) No order under subsection (I) shall be invalid for the reason only that the court did not explain any particular matter contained in the order to the respondent. Application for variation, revocation or extension of protection order. 32. ( l) A court may order the revocation, variation or extension of a protection order on an application under this section. (2) Where a protection order is in force-

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