Domestic Violence Prevention Act Article 16

The court may issue a temporary protection order or emergency protection order without a trial.In order to protect the victim, the court may issue a provisional protection order pursuant to a petition or on its own initiative before the trial for an ordinary protection order is completed.The court may issue a provisional protection order or an emergency protection order under Subparagraphs 1 to 7, 12 to 14 and 16 of Paragraph 1 of Article 14 upon request or ex officio; if the request is submitted by the competent authority of any municipality or county (city), the court may also issue a provisional protection order or emergency protection order based on the request as stated in Subparagraph 10 of the same Article.After accepting a petition for an emergency protection order, if the court determines that the victim is subject to imminent danger of domestic violence based on the petitioner’s statement in court or by telephone, it shall issue an emergency protection order in writing within four hours. The court may also send the emergency protection order to the police department by telefax or through other technical equipment.When a petitioner files a petition for a temporary protection order or emergency protection order before a petition for an ordinary protection order is filed, a petition for an ordinary protection order shall be deemed to have been filed when the court grants the petition.A temporary protection order or emergency protection order is effective from the time of issuance and shall cease to be effective when the petitioner revoke the petition for an ordinary protection order, when the court completes the trial and issues an ordinary protection order or when the court rejects the petition.Before a temporary protection order or emergency protection order expires, the court may revoke or alter the order pursuant to the litigant’s or victim’s petition or on its own initiative and shall be effective from the time of revocation or alteration.