37.02.030 Violations of Civil Protection Orders

(a) A person who knowingly violates or a person who aids and abets another person to knowingly violate a Protection Order is guilty of an offense of domestic violence and may be punished as provided in Chapter 37.03 of the Turtle Mountain Domestic Violence Code.

(b) A person who enters Tribal jurisdiction with the intent to engage in conduct that violates any portion of a Protection Order is guilty of an offense of domestic violence and may be punished as provided in Chapter

37.03 of the Turtle Mountain Domestic Violence Code.

(c) Any act committed outside the boundaries of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation and completed inside the Turtle Mountain Reservation are crimes subject to the jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court.

(d) Interference with an emergency call to law enforcement shall be considered a violation of a Protection Order

(e) A person who violates a valid Protection Order issued by any court and causes a family or household member to enter Tribal jurisdiction because of the violation of a valid Protection Order is guilty of an offense of domestic violence and may be punished as provided in Chapter 37.03 of the Turtle Mountain Domestic Violence Code.

(f) Any person granted a Civil Protection Order from the Tribal Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction cannot be punished for a violation of that Protection Order.

(g) It shall not be a defense to a charge of violation of a Protection Order that the victim consented to the violation by encouraging contact or violation of the Protection Order.