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Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003
Gujarat Legislature
Long title
An act to provide for freedom of religion by prohibition of conversion from one religion to another by the use of force or allurement or by fraudulent means and for the matters incidental thereto.
Citation
Gujarat Act No. 22 of 2003.
Territorial extent
Gujarat
Enacted by
Government of Gujarat
Enacted
2003
Assented to
7 April 2003
Signed
Governor of Gujarat
Commenced
8 April 2003
Related legislation
Orissa Freedom of Religion Act, 1967 Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978 Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act 2006 Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020 Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020
Keywords
Unlawful Conversion, Unlawful inter-faith marriages, Allurement, Convincing for Conversion, Force, Fraudulent, Coercion, Undue Influence,
Minor, Religion, Mass Conversion, Religion Convertor
Status: In force
The Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act (2003) requires religious conversions in Gujarat, India, to be approved by a district magistrate.[1]
^Shimron, Yonat (11 May 2017). "A Dalit community looks to escape the caste system by converting to Buddhism". Religion News Service. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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