For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 31st August,

2019 pp. 5399, 5400 and 5405.

fraudulent means or by marriage and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019.

1. (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette), Himachal Pradesh, appoint.