Declaration post conversion of religion

The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025

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(1) The converted person shall appear in person to submit declaration in the form prescribed in Schedule-III within seventy two hours of the date of conversion, to the District Magistrate of the District in which converted person resides ordinarily.
(2) The District Magistrate shall display religious conversion on the notice board of the office of the District Magistrate, Tehsildar, Gram Panchayat and in the office of the Local Self-Government and shall call for objections in such cases where no objections were called under section 8.
(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 the person has converted, the date and place of conversion and nature of process gone through for conversion along with a copy of the Photo Identity card and the Aadhar card.
(4) The converted individual shall appear before the District Magistrate within ten days from the date of filling the declaration to establish his/her identity and confirm the contents of the declaration.
(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 local area police, officials of Revenue Department or Social Justice and Empowerment Department, and officials of Local Self-Government with regard to genuine intention, purpose and cause of the conversion. 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 the Act.
(6) Certified copies of declaration, confirmation and the extracts from the register shall be furnished only to the parties, who gave the declaration.
(7) The contravention of sub-sections (1) to (4) shall have the effect of rendering the said conversion illegal and void.
(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. The District Magistrate shall issue an official notification and shall simultaneously intimate the concerned authority about it. Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-section “concerned authority” means his employer, officials of the Revenue Department, Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Minority Affairs Department and other concerned department, Urban and Rural Local Bodies, Principals or Head Masters of the Educational Institutions, etc.
(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 State Government that he was getting prior to conversion.
(10) If any objections or complaint regarding conversion are received even after the publication in official notification the District Magistrate shall review or reinvestigate the case after recording the reasons in writing.

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