Declaration post conversion of Religion

Declaration post conversion of Religion.-

1. (1) The converted person shall send a declaration in the Form-III within thirty days of the date of conversion, to the District Magistrate of the District or the Additional District Magistrate specially authorized by the District Magistrate in this regard in which he is residing prior to the date of conversion.
2. (2) The District Magistrate shall notify religious conversion on the notice board of the office of the District Magistrate and in the office of the Tahsildar and will call for objections in such cases where no objections were called earlier under section 8.
3. (3) The said declaration shall contain the requisite details, i.e; the particulars of the converted person such as date of birth, permanent address, the present place of residence, Father’s/husband’s name, the religion to which the converted person originally belonged and the religion to which he has converted, the date and place of conversion and nature of process gone through for conversion along with a copy of the identity card or the Aadhar card.
4. (4) The converted person shall appear before the District Magistrate within twenty one days from the date of sending/filing the declaration to establish his identity and confirm the contents of the declaration.
5. (5) If any objections are received within thirty days, the District Magistrate shall record the name and particulars of objectors and the nature of objection and shall get an inquiry conducted through officials of Revenue or Social Welfare Department with regard to genuine intention, purpose and cause of the conversion.
6. (6) If the District Magistrate based on the said inquiry comes to a conclusion of the commission of an offence under this Act, he shall cause the concerned police authorities to initiate criminal action for contravention of the provisions of section 3.
7. (7) The contravention of the provisions of sub-sections
8. (1) to
9. (4) shall have the effect of rendering the said conversion illegal and void.
10. (8) If no objections are received for such conversion, the District Magistrate shall record the factum of declaration and confirmation in a register maintained for this purpose. Further District Magistrate shall issue an official notification and shall simultaneously intimate the concerned authority about such conversion. Explanation: For the purpose of this sub-section “Concerned authority” means his employer, officials of the revenue department, social welfare department, backward classes welfare department, minority welfare department and other concerned department, urban and rural local bodies, Principals or Head Masters of the Educational Institutions, etc.
11. (9) On receipt of such intimation the concerned authority shall cause to be entered in the relevant official records about conversion as well as reclassify the person converted for his entitlement to enjoy social status or to receive economic benefits from the Government that he was getting prior to conversion.