griha shobha magazine subscription ANTICONVERSION LAWS The Karnataka legislative Assembly passed The Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, commonly referred to as the anti-conversion Bill. The Bill will now go to the Karnataka Legislative Council. Key features of the bill Prohibition: It prohibits conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, allurement, or marriage. However, it exempts a person who “reconverts to his immediate previous religion” as the same shall not be deemed to be a conversion under this Act. Nature of offence: The offence of conversion has been deemed to be a cognizable and non-bailable. Penalties: Jail terms and fines have been proposed. States that have anti-conversion laws Currently, there are at least nine states in the country where legislations on unlawful conversions are in force: Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh 13Rationale behind anti-conversion laws: Fear of change in demography: Anti-conversion laws are considered a remedial measure to the problem of conversion which is considered as a way to bring demographic change griha shobha magazine in hindi.
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