The Places of Worship Act 1991
NO. 42 OF 1991
[18th September, 1991.]
An Act to prohibit conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the 15th day of August, 1947, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:–
1.
Short title, extent and commencement.
1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) The provisions of sections 3, 6 and 8 shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 11th day of July, 1991.
2
(b) “conversion”, with its grammatical variations, includes alteration or change of whatever nature;
(c) “place of worship” means a Temple, Mosque, Gurdwara, Church, Monastery or any other place of public religious worship
of any religious denomination or any section thereof, by whatever name called.
3.
Bar of conversion of places of worship.
3. Bar of conversion of places of worship. No person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any
section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section thereof.
4.
Declaration as to the religious character of certain places of worship and bar of jurisdiction of courts, etc.
Download / View :