Definitions

Definitions.-

1. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
   • (a) “Allurement” means and includes offer of any temptation in form of ,-
     • (i) any gift, gratification, easy money or material benefit either in cash or kind;
     • (ii) employment, free education in school or college run by any religious body; or
     • (iii) promise to marry; or
     • (iv) better lifestyle, divine displeasure or otherwise; or
     • (v) portraying practice, rituals and ceremonies or any integral part of a religion in a detrimental way vis-à-vis another religion ; or
     • (vi) glorifying one religion against another religion.
   • (b) “Coercion” means compelling an individual to act against his will by the use of psychological pressure or physical force causing bodily injury or threat thereof;
   • (c) “Conversion” means renouncing one’s own religion and adopting another religion;
   • (d) “Force” includes a show of force or a threat of injury of any kind to the person converted or sought to be converted or to any other person or property;
   • (e) “Fraudulent” means and includes impersonation of any kind by false name, surname, religious symbol or otherwise;
   • (f) “Form” means a form appended to this Act;
   • (g) “Institutions” means and includes all legal entities, educational institutions, orphanages, old age homes, hospitals, religious missionaries, Non Governmental Organizations, and such other organizations;
   • (h) “Mass Conversion” means where two or more persons are converted;
     • (i) “Minor” means a person under eighteen years of age;
   • (j) “Original Religion” means religion of a person before conversion;
   • (k) “Religion” means any organized system of worship pattern, faith, belief, worship or lifestyle, as prevailing in India or any part of it, and defined under any law or custom for the time being in force;
   • (l) “Religion Convertor” means a person of any religion who performs any act of conversion from one religion to another religion and by whatever name he is called such as Father, Priest, Purohit, Pandit, Moulvi or Mulla etc.,
   • (m) “Undue Influence” means the unconscientious use by one person of his power or influence over another in order to persuade the other to act in accordance with the will of the person exercising such influence.
2. (2) Other words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Karnataka General Clauses Act,1899 (Karnataka Act 03 of 1899).