 bill no  1  of 2011 the prohibition on religious conversion bill, 2011 byshrimati bijoya chakravarty, mpa billto provide for prohibition on religious conversions by inducement or by force and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act  may be called the prohibition on religious conversion act, 2011short title and extent(2) it extends to the whole of indiaprohibition on religious conversion3 this act shall not apply to a person who voluntarily converts to another religion or reconverts to his original religionact not to apply in case of voluntary conversionpunishment54 (1) whoever violates the provisions of this act shall be punished with rigorousimprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years and a fine which shall not be less than rupees one lakh10(2) if any institution or organisation  violates the provisions of this act, the person incharge of the affairs of the organisation or institution, as the case may be, by whatever name called, shall be subject to punishment as provided under sub-section (1) and theregistration of that organisation or institution under any law for the time being in force shall be cancelled forthwith5 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, noperson or organisation violating the provisions of this act shall be allowed to accept any donation or contribution of any kind from within the country or abroadprohibition on accepting donation or contribution power to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act15 20(2) every rule made under this act 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 rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsreligious conversion is the order of the day inducement of all types is offered and sometimes promise to offer certain things is given certain organisations indulge themselves in encouraging conversion through all ways and means and funds received from abroad and within the country are put to use for these purposesin many parts of the country, it has been witnessed that conversion has been taking place through force forced or induced conversion should be stopped it is, therefore, proposed in the bill to prohibit conversion through force or inducement however, a provision has been made for enabling voluntary conversionthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;bijoya  chakravartydecember  8, 2010 memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for prohibition on religious conversions by inducement or by force and for matters connected therewith————(shrimati bijoya chakravarty, mp)gmgipmrnd—6078ls(s3)—29-01-2011