Section 23:
Power to grant interim and ex parte orders.
(1) In any proceeding before him under this Act,
the Magistrate may pass such interim order as he deems just and proper.
(2) If the Magistrate is satisfied that an application prima facie discloses that the respondent is
committing, or has committed an act of domestic violence or that there is a likelihood that the respondent
may commit an act of domestic violence, he may grant an ex parte order on the basis of the affidavit in
such form, as may be prescribed, of the aggrieved person under section18, section 19, section 20, section
21 or, as the case may be, section 22 against the respondent.