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The law makes religious conversion non-bailable with up to 10 years of jail time if undertaken through misinformation, unlawfully, forcefully, allurement or other allegedly fraudulent means. The law also requires that religious conversions for marriage in Uttar Pradesh has to be approved by a district magistrate. The law also encompasses strict ...
Anti-conversion laws, or anti-conversion legislations, are a set of judicial rules that restrict or prohibit conversion of faith (proselytism) from one religion to another. It is a federal law in countries such as Algeria, [ 1 ] Bhutan, India [ 2 ] , Myanmar, and Nepal.
On 15 Oct, 2021, the CM of Karnataka, Mr Basavaraj Bommai ordered a survey into "unauthorised" Christian missionaries, in a bid to introduce an anti-conversion law in Karnataka state. [ 49 ] On 23 December 2021, the Basavaraj Bommai ministry approved and passed the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 in the Karnataka ...
The BJP challenged the opposition parties to support an "anti-conversion bill" that outlaws religious conversions using coercion and inducement. [15] The proposed conversion programme in Aligarh on the Christmas day has been blocked by the Uttar Pradesh Police. It will not be allowed under "any circumstance," said the Aligarh Police chief. [16]
The law made provisions for 3–10 years in jail and a fine of up to ₹500,000 if the accused is found guilty. The amendments a 2003 was sought to curb the emerging trend in which women were being lured to marriage for the purpose of religious conversion. [11] The bill was passed by the assembly on 14 June 2021 [12]
The law, which also includes provisions against "unlawful religious conversion", declares a marriage null and void if the sole intention was to "change a girl's religion" and both it and the one in Madhya Pradesh imposed sentences of up to 10 years in prison for those who broke the law.
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The man's first marriage would therefore, still be valid and under Hindu law, his second marriage, solemnized after his conversion, would be illegal under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The Sarla Mudgal judgment has issued no directions for the implementations of Uniform Civil Code , though Justice Kuldeep Singh has requested the ...