Dominica

This Act reforms and replaces Section 3 regarding rape, of the Sexual Offences Act from 1998.

The law defines the crime of domestic violence. It is noted that the definition given is wide in that “financial abuse” is included as a form of violence. The Act also affords various kinds of injunctive relief in the form of Protection, Occupation and Tenancy Orders.

An Act to revise and reform the law relating to sexual offences.