Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991

Year: 1991

Enactment Date: 1991-09-18

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 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.
Notes:
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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