Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 25 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on Thursday passed the 'Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021', which aims to curb religious conversions by fraudulent or any other undue means, including through marriage.
UP Assembly passes bill against ‘love jihad’; ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill’ now a law
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Updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 19:54 [IST]
Lucknow, Feb 24: Amid protests by the Opposition, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill aimed at curbing religious conversions by fraudulent or any other undue means, including through marriage.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2021 seeks to replace the ordinance promulgated in November last year that provides for imprisonment up to 10 years and a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 for violators.
The bill was passed in the House even as Aradhana Misra, the Congress Legislative Party leader and Lalji Verma, the leader of BSP in the Assembly, protested. Under the bill, a marriage will be declared null and void if the conversion is solely for that purpose, and those wishing to change their religion after marriage need to apply to the distr
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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Passes Bill Against Love Jihad
Earlier, UP CM Adityanath had declared his govt would come out with a law to deal with love jihad & threaten those who don t respect their daughters & sisters.
| 24 Feb 2021 12:48 PM GMT
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021 have been passed by the Legislative Assembly by voice vote on February 24.
Under the Unlawful Conversion bill, offenders can land in jail for up to five years.
Apart from the jail term, the ordinance also has the provision of a Rs 15,000 penalty for forceful religious conversion. For conversions of minors and women of the SC/ST community, there will be a penalty of Rs 25,000 penalty and a jail term.
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