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The Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act

Uttarakhand
Act number
28 of 2018
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE AND RELIGION
Enacted
14 May 2018

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16 sections

  1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. Section 2Definitions
  3. Section 3Prohibition of conversion from one religion to another religion by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, allurement or marriage
  4. Section 4Complaint to conversion of religion
  5. Section 5Punishment for contravention of provisions of Section 3
  6. Section 6Marriages done for sole purpose of conversion to be declared null and void
  7. Section 7Court to which petition shall be presented
  8. Section 8Declaration before conversion of religion and prereport about purification Sanskar
  9. Section 9Prosecution to be made with the prior sanction
  10. Section 10Punishment for violation of provisions of Act by an institution or organization
  11. Section 11Prohibition on accepting donation or contribution
  12. Section 12Parties to offence
  13. Section 13Burden of Proof
  14. Section 14Offences to be non bailable
  15. Section 15Power to remove difficulties
  16. Section 16Power to make Rules