New Delhi: Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed on Thursday Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, popularly known as the anti-conversion bill amid the 2021 protests.
Explaining the “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021”, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy said that the bill was initiated by the Law Commission of Karnataka in 2016 under the advice of the then Congress government headed by Siddaramaiah. was done. , with some changes.
“Under the aegis of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in 2016”, he said. Social Welfare DepartmentThe Law Commission had prepared a draft bill, which was examined by the Inquiry Committee, but did not appear before the Cabinet. The initiative he took, we have gone ahead and gone.”
The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, provides protection of the right to freedom of religion and prohibits illegal conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, inducement or any fraudulent means puts. ,
The Bill proposes imprisonment of three to five years with a fine of Rs 25,000 for violation of provisions with respect to minors, women. SC/ST, the offenders shall be imprisoned for three to 10 years and shall pay a fine of not less than Rs 50,000.
The bill also provides for payment of up to five lakh rupees as compensation to the accused for converts, and in respect of cases of mass conversion, the bill provides for a jail term of 3-10 years and a fine of up to one rupee. is proposed. lakh.
It also states that any marriage which takes place by a man of one religion with a woman of another religion by illegal conversion or vice versa, either before or after marriage or by converting the woman before or after marriage Ho. shall be declared null and void by the Family Court.
(with agency input)
Explaining the “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021”, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy said that the bill was initiated by the Law Commission of Karnataka in 2016 under the advice of the then Congress government headed by Siddaramaiah. was done. , with some changes.
“Under the aegis of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in 2016”, he said. Social Welfare DepartmentThe Law Commission had prepared a draft bill, which was examined by the Inquiry Committee, but did not appear before the Cabinet. The initiative he took, we have gone ahead and gone.”
The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, provides protection of the right to freedom of religion and prohibits illegal conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, inducement or any fraudulent means puts. ,
The Bill proposes imprisonment of three to five years with a fine of Rs 25,000 for violation of provisions with respect to minors, women. SC/ST, the offenders shall be imprisoned for three to 10 years and shall pay a fine of not less than Rs 50,000.
The bill also provides for payment of up to five lakh rupees as compensation to the accused for converts, and in respect of cases of mass conversion, the bill provides for a jail term of 3-10 years and a fine of up to one rupee. is proposed. lakh.
It also states that any marriage which takes place by a man of one religion with a woman of another religion by illegal conversion or vice versa, either before or after marriage or by converting the woman before or after marriage Ho. shall be declared null and void by the Family Court.
(with agency input)
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