The Delhi State Legal Services Authority or District Legal Services Authority, as the case may be, may order for immediate first-aid facility or medical benefits to be made available free of cost or any other interim relief (including interim monetary compensation) as deemed appropriate, to alleviate the suffering of the victim on the certificate of a police officer, not below the rank of the officer-in-charge of the police station, or a Magistrate of the area concerned or on the application of the victim/ dependents or suo moto:
Provided that the, interim relief so granted shall not be more than Rs. 50,000/-(Rupees Fifty thousand) in any case except in cases of extreme hardship and gravity of the offence where an order may be passed for the reasons to be recorded in writing:
* Provided further that in cases of acid attack a sum of Rs. One lakh shall be paid to the victim within fifteen days of the matter being brought to the notice of DSLSA/DLSA. The order granting interim compensation shall be passed by the DSLSA/DLSA within seven days of the matter being brought its notice and the DSLSA shall pay the compensation within eight days of passing of order. Thereafter an additional sum of Rs.two lakhs shall be awarded and paid to the victim as expeditiously as possible and positively within two months.