Post-wedding religious conversion
In its other report, the Commission has recommended a voluntary legal procedure for a person intending to change his or her religion to avoid any controversy on religious status in inter-religious marriages.
Highlighting the problems faced by those who convert in proving their religious status in courts, the Kerala High Court had in 2009 favoured an appropriate enactment on the issue and had asked the Commission to study issue. The panel has recommended that within a month after the date of conversion, the converted person, if she or he chooses, can send a declaration to the officer in charge of registration of marriages in the area concerned.
The registering official will have to display a copy of the declaration on the notice board of the office till the date of confirmation.
The declaration should contain the requisite details such as the particulars of the convert, including date of birth, permanent address, and the present place of residence, and the religion to which the convert originally belonged and the religion to which he or she converted, the date and place of conversion and nature of the process gone through for conversion.
“However, it is clarified that in whichever state, there is a law governing conversions such as the Freedom of Religion Act, the above recommendations do not apply,” the Commission said.
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