The person who wants to convert has to declare his intention to the District Magistrate or Additional District Magistrate at least 30 days in advance.
Bringing in several stringent provisions, the Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, provides scope for scrutiny if any objection is received, before or after any proposed conversion. Is. The person has changed.
While a person desirous of conversion is required to declare at least 30 days in advance to the District Magistrate or Additional District Magistrate, the proposed conversion will be notified by calling the notice board of the District Magistrate’s office and the Tehsildar’s office. Objections Similar advance notice will also have to be given to the converts converting to religion. The person also has to declare the place of conversion.
Any converting person, parent, brother, sister or any person related to him by blood, marriage or adoption or in any form as being associated or associates by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence from one religion to another You can file a complaint of change in By coercion, greed or promise of marriage.
If any objection is received within 30 days, an inquiry will be conducted through the officials of the Department of Revenue or Social Welfare with regard to the actual intent, purpose and reason for the proposed change. If the conversion is in violation of the proposed law, criminal action can be initiated.
A provision for a similar inquiry is part of the Bill if any objection is received, as it is mandatory for the person to be declared before the District Magistrate or the Additional District Magistrate. The District Magistrate should record the name and description of the objections and the nature of the objection, and get the intention, purpose and reason for conversion to be inquired into. The conversion may be declared invalid and void if the provisions of the proposed law are violated. Only if objections to the conversion are not received, the District Magistrate shall declare and confirm in a register maintained for the purpose and issue an official notification.
The bill also states that any institution which violates the provisions of the law is liable to punishment and withdrawal of government grants.
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