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 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.
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