 bill no 121 of 2009 the prohibition on use of caste or religious title  bill, 2009 byshri l rajagopal, mpa billto prohibit the use of caste name or title relating to caste or religion as prefix or suffix with names by the citizens and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the  prohibition on use of  caste or religious title act, 2009short title, extent  and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(i) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(ii) "document" includes letter head, name plate, visiting card, educational certificate or paper relating to rights in or over property; and(iii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 no person, or body of individuals or association or institution shall write or indicate caste or any title relating to his caste or religion with his name on any document5prohibition on use of caste name or title relating to caste or religion4 no establishment, organisation or institution, whether owned or controlled by the appropriate government, or a private company or institution, whether incorporated or not, shall require any person to write or indicate his caste or any title relating to his caste or religion in any of its documents or forms prescribed for the purposes of admission in educational institutions, grant of scholarship or employment10organisations or institutions not to require any person to state his caste name or title relating to his caste or religion in any of their documents5 the provisions of this act shall not apply to,—exemptions(i) any person who writes or indicates the name of his caste or title of his caste or religion in the form prescribed for the purpose of applying for or obtaining caste certificate from the competent authority of the appropriate government; and15(ii) any competent authority who requires any person to write or indicate his caste or any title relating to his caste or religion in the form prescribed for the purpose of issue of caste certificate to any person belonging to a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe or any other backward classes20explanation— for the purpose of this section competent authority means such officer or authority, as the appropriate government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint as the competent authority for the purposes of issuing caste certificates 6  after the commencement of this act, no person shall give a name to a new born baby which signifies his caste or any title relating to his caste or religionprohibition on use of caste name or title relating to caste or religion with the names of new born baby257  no document which has been issued or made prior to coming into force of this act shall be void on the ground of inconsistency with the provisions of this actsaving of documents issued or made prior to the commencement of the actpenalty8 whoever acts in contravention of the provisions of this act shall be punishedwith imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees or with both30power to make rules9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, makerules for carrying out the purposes of this act(2) every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule5 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia is a secular country our constitution aims to establish a classless and casteless society even after six decades of independence, our dream of a casteless and classless society remains a dream the cherished objectives cannot be achieved unless there is a legislative framework to prohibit the use of caste name or any title relating to caste or religion in the names as prefix or suffix by the citizens from time to time, the casteism and the religious fundamentalism raise their ugly head and hampers the endeavour to build up a homogenous society the divisive forces are continuously trying to divide the country along caste and religious lines by fomenting caste and religious feelings of the citizensthe use of caste titles, caste names and religious titles in all of their forms should be discouraged in order to strengthen the secularism and build up a homogenous societythe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;l rajagopalnovember 18, 2009 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of detail only the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto prohibit the use of caste name or title relating to caste or religion as prefix or suffix with names by the citizens and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri l rajagopal, mp)gmgipmrnd—5068ls(s5)—08122009