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The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday approved a draft anti-conversion bill proposing imprisonment of up to seven years and a fine of Rs 5 lakh for unlawful or forced religious conversions, reported The Indian Express.
The bill, Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam 2026, also makes it mandatory for persons converting to another religion to seek permission from the authorities, according to PTI.
A person who wishes to convert has to give a 60-day notice to the authorities, the proposed legislation states. It also mandates that a conversion has to be registered with the authorities within 25 days, failing which it will be considered null and void, PTI quoted an unidentified official as saying.
The bill requires the police to register a first information report and conduct an investigation if a relative of a person seeking to convert files a complaint about it being unlawful.
Offences under the bill will be non-bailable, according to The Indian Express.
The government is expected to table the bill in the ongoing Budget Session of the Assembly, according to the newspaper.
Speaking to reporters, Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitesh Rane said that a bill against “love jihad” had been approved and a government resolution in this regard would be issued soon.
“This is a law against unlawful conversion and with this bill no one will...