This is not a misrepresentation. Domestic violence charges can now be resolved with a fine, as long as the offender is only reported once in a year.
I am fully aware of the reasoning behind the changes and disagree with them, not because I think that the laws on their own can solve anything, but because it is a tacit nod from authorities allowing some level of wife beating. Those are not good intentions for the welfare of women and children.
As long as it is socially acceptable it will continue, as in India.
