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Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religon Act, 2021

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The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, regulates religious conversions within the state of Madhya Pradesh. It prohibits conversions achieved through allurement, coercion, force, fraud, or marriage-based concealment. The Act defines specific prohibited methods and establishes strict penalties for violations, with enhanced punishments for cases involving minors, women, members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, and mass conversions. It mandates that police investigations can only commence upon a written complaint from the victim or their immediate family. This legislation aims to prevent non-consensual or deceptive religious conversions, ensuring that individuals exercise their religious freedom without external manipulation or undue influence.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to other religion
  4. 4. Complaint against conversion of religion
  5. 5. Punishment for contravention of provisions of Section 3

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