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Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018

The Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018 prohibits religious conversion by force, fraud, or allurement. It requires prior notice of intent to convert and notice of conversion ceremonies. Violations are punishable by imprisonment and fines. Marriages solely for religious conversion can be annulled. The burden is on the accused to prove a conversion was voluntary and not facilitated by prohibited means. Institutions violating the act face penalties including cancellation of registration and bans on foreign donations.

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Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018

The Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018 prohibits religious conversion by force, fraud, or allurement. It requires prior notice of intent to convert and notice of conversion ceremonies. Violations are punishable by imprisonment and fines. Marriages solely for religious conversion can be annulled. The burden is on the accused to prove a conversion was voluntary and not facilitated by prohibited means. Institutions violating the act face penalties including cancellation of registration and bans on foreign donations.

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Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018

Offences (non-bailable), Requirements or Prohibited Actions Corresponding Punishment or Consequence


The person who converts another shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term ranging from 1 year to 5 years and also be
No person shall convert or attempt to convert, directly or otherwise, any other liable to fine.
person from one religion to another by use of misrepresentation, force, undue
influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage nor If the person converted is a minor, woman, or belongs to a Scheduled
shall any person abet or conspire such conversion. (Section 3) Caste or Scheduled Tribe, the person who converts that person will
be punished with imprisonment for a term ranging from 2 years to 7
years and shall also be liable to fine. (Section 5)

A marriage for the sole purpose of religious conversion, between persons The marriage may be declared null and void, by the Court having
belonging to different religions, for which a man converts himself or converts jurisdiction to such a case, on a petition presented by either the
the woman, before or after the marriage. (Section 6) husband or the wife against the other. (Section 6)

Any person who desires to convert his religion shall give a declaration at least If not followed, the conversion shall be rendered illegal and void, and
one month in advance in the prescribed format to the District Magistrate of the the convert shall be punished with imprisonment for a term ranging
District in which he is permanently resident. (Section 8) from 3 months to 1 year and shall also be liable to fine. (Section 8)

The religious priest who performs a conversion ceremony shall give one If not followed, the priest shall be punished with imprisonment for a
month’s advance notice in the prescribed format to the District Magistrate of term ranging from 6 months and 1 year and shall also be liable to
the district where the ceremony is proposed to be performed. (Section 8) fine. (Section 8)

The person(s) in charge of the affairs of the organization or institution


shall be given the same punishment provided in Section 5.
Institution or organization violating the provisions of this Act (Sections 10, 11)
The registration of the organization may be cancelled, and that
person/organisation disallowed from accepting any donations from
India or abroad. (Sections 10,11)

The burden to prove that a conversion was not facilitated by any means prohibited under the Act shall be upon the accused person.
The burden to prove that a religious conversion is voluntary and genuine shall be upon the person converted. (Section 13)

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