{"id":239971,"date":"2020-12-01T17:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=239971"},"modified":"2020-12-03T15:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:25:42","slug":"prohibition-of-unlawful-religious-conversion-uttar-pradesh-prohibition-of-unlawful-conversion-of-religion-ordinance-2020-brief-explainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/12\/01\/prohibition-of-unlawful-religious-conversion-uttar-pradesh-prohibition-of-unlawful-conversion-of-religion-ordinance-2020-brief-explainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion | Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 [Brief Explainer]"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Ordinance has been promulgated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, for the purpose of providing prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage and for the matters connected therewith.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Prohibition of conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, allurement or marriage [SECTION 3]<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ordinance states that no person shall convert or attempt to convert any other person from one religion to another by use or practice of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If any person reconverts to his\/her immediate previous religion, the same would not come under the ambit of this Ordinance.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Persons competent to lodge FIR [SECTION 4]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aggrieved, his\/her sister\/brother, parents or any other person who is related to him\/her by blood, marriage or adoption can file an FIR and report of such conversion that contravene the provisions of Section 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The ordinance lays down the punishment for contravention of provisions of Section 3 under Section 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Marriage done for the sole purpose of Unlawful Conversion or vice-versa to be declared void [SECTION 6]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If marriage is conducted for the sole purpose of unlawful conversion or vice-versa by the man of one religion with the woman of another religion, either by converting himself\/herself before or after 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