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rn~uqlkj] mÙkj çns'k fof/k fo:) /keZ laifjorZu çfr"ks/k ¼la'kks/ku½ fo/ks;d] 2024 iqj%LFkkfir fd;k tkrk gSA
vkKk ls] vrqy JhokLro] izeq[k lfpoA 4 mRrj izns'k vlk/kkj.k xtV] 6 vxLr] 2024 No. 339(2)/LXXIX-V-1–2024-1-ka-19-2024
Dated Lucknow, August 6, 2024
IN pursuance of the provisions of clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution of India, the Governor is pleased to order the publication of the following English translation of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhi Viruddh Dharm Samparivartan Pratishedh (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2024 (Uttar Pradesh Adhiniyam Sankhya 7 of 2024) as passed by the Uttar Pradesh Legislature and assented to by the Governor on August 6, 2024. The Grih (Police) Anubhag-9 is administratively concerned with the said Adhiniyam.
THE UTTAR PRADESH PROHIBITION OF UNLAWFUL CONVERSION OF
RELIGION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024
(U.P. Act no. 7 of 2024)
[As passed by the Uttar Pradesh Legislature]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
IT IS HEREBY enacted in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title, extent
1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful and
Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2024.
commencement
(2) It shall extend to the whole of Uttar Pradesh.
(3) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Gazette.
Amendment of
2. In the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, section 4 of U.P.
2021, (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), for section 4, the following Act no. 3 of 2021
section shall be substituted, namely:-
"4. An information relating to the contravention of the provisions of the Act may be given by any person and the manner of giving such information shall be the same as given in Chapter XIII of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act no. 46 of 2023)."
Amendment of
3. For section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be section 5
substituted, namely:-
"5(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3, shall, without prejudice to any civil liability, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees:
Provided that whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3 in respect of a minor, a disabled or mentally challenged person, a woman or a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to fourteen years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees:
Provided further that whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3 in respect of mass conversion of religion shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to fourteen years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than one lakh rupees.
mRrj izns'k vlk/kkj.k xtV] 6 vxLr] 2024 5(2) Whoever receives money from any foreign or illegal institutions in
connection with unlawful religious conversion shall be punished with rigorous
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend
to fourteen years and shall also be liable to fine which shall not be less than ten lakh
rupees.
(3) Whoever, with the intent to convert, puts any person in fear of his life or
property, assaults or uses force or marries or promises to marry or induces or conspires
for the same, or traffics a minor, a woman or a person by enticing them or otherwise
selling them, or abets, attempts or conspires in this behalf, shall be punished with
rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than twenty years but which
may extend to imprisonment for life, which shall mean imprisonment for the remainder
of that person's natural life, and shall also be liable to fine:
Provided that such fine shall be just and reasonable to meet the medical
expenses and rehabilitation of the victim:
Provided further that any fine imposed under this section shall be paid to the
victim.
)4 ( The Court shall also approve appropriate compensation payable by the
accused to the victim of the said conversion, which may extend to five lakh rupees, in
addition to the fine.
(5) Whoever, having previously been convicted of an offence under this Act, is
again convicted of an offence punishable under this Act, shall, for every such
subsequent offence, be liable to a punishment not exceeding twice the punishment
provided in that behalf under this Act."
4. For section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, Amendment of section 7
namely:-
"7 )1 ( Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha
Sanhita, 2023 (Act no. 46 of 2023), all offences under this Act shall be cognizable and
non-bailable and triable by the Court of Sessions.
(2) No person accused of any offence punishable under this Act, if in custody,
shall be released on bail, unless,–
(a) the Public Prosecutor has been given an opportunity to oppose the
bail application for such release; and
(b) where the Public Prosecutor opposes the bail application, the Court
of Sessions is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that he is
not guilty of such offence and that he is not likely to commit any offence while
on bail." 6 mRrj izns'k vlk/kkj.k xtV] 6 vxLr] 2024
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Keeping in view the sensitivity and gravity of the crime of unlawful religious conversion, the dignity and social status of women and the organised and planned activities of foreign and anti-national elements and organisations in illegal religious conversion and change in demography, it has been felt that the amount of fines and punishments provided in the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 should be increased and conditions of bail should be made more stringent. As the existing penal provisions of the Act are not sufficient to curb and control the conversion and mass conversion in respect of a minor, disabled, mentally challenged person, woman or a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe and apart from this as it has also become necessary to resolve certain difficulties that have arisen in the past in various cases regarding the interpretation of section 4 of the Act, it has been decided to amend the aforesaid Act.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 is introduced accordingly.
By order,
ATUL SRIVASTAVA,
Pramukh Sachiv.
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