MP Assembly passes bill penalizing fraudulent conversions
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Bhopal, Mar 8 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on
Monday passed a bill that penalizes religious conversion
through marriage or any other fraudulent means and provides
for a prison sentence of upto 10 years.
While the opposition Congress questioned the need for
a new law, Home Minister Narottam Mishra said unlike the 1968
legislation, the present act provides for annulment of
marriage and a harsher sentence.
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