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UFR Act

Overview
  • 1Short title, extent and commencement
  • 2Definitions
  • 3Prohibition of conversion from one religon to another religion by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion, allurement or marriage
  • 4Complaint to conversion of religion
  • 5Punishment for contravention of provisions of Section 3
  • 6Marriages done for sole purpose of conversion to be declared null and void
  • 7Court to which petition shall be presented
  • 8Declaration before conversion of religion and pre-report about purification Sanskar
  • 9Prosecution to be made with the prior sanction
  • 10Punishment for violation of provisions of Act by an institution or organisation or institution
  • 11Prohibition on accepting donation or contribution
  • 12Parties to offence
  • 13Burden of proof
  • 14Offences to be non-bailable
  • 15Power to remove difficulties
  • 16Power to make rules
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UFR Act 13

Section 13 · Burden of proof

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- The burden of proof as to whether a religious conversion was not effected through misrepresentation force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage lies on the person so converted and where such conversion has been facilitated by any person, on such other person.

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