Declaration of intended conversion

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Chapter III PROCEDURE FOR CONVERSION

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(1) Any person who desires to convert from one faith or religion to another religion shall submit a declaration in the format as may be prescribed, to the Competent Authority within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the said conversion is to be performed.
(2) Any person belonging to the Scheduled Tribes who desires to convert to another religion shall submit a declaration in the format as may be prescribed, to the Competent Authority within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the said conversion is to be performed.
(3) Any religious convertor or the priest, maulvi, father or any other person performing the rituals of the religious conversion shall submit a declaration, in the format as may be prescribed, to the Competent Authority within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the said conversion is to be performed.
(4) The Competent Authority, within 7 days, after receiving required information under the above sub-sections, shall publish the particulars of the proposed conversion on its official website to be maintained by the Competent Authority under this Act and display a notice of proposed conversion at the offices of the Tahsildar, Gram Panchayat, place of residence of the applicant and the local police station and ensure that the notice includes the applicant's name, current faith or religion, and proposed religion.
(5) Contravention of sub-section (1),
(2) and
(3) shall have the effect of rendering the proposed conversion, illegal and void.

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