The Gujarat authorities mentioned that these in search of to transform from Hinduism to Buddhism must get permission from the District Justice of the Peace. The state authorities has issued a round clarifying that Buddhism is a “separate religion”.
The federal government identified that if an individual modifications his faith and adopts Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism or Jainism, he should take permission from the District Justice of the Peace beneath the supply of the Gujarat Freedom of Faith Act 2003.
The round was issued by the Gujarat Residence Division on April 8.
It learn: “The government has observed that applications for conversion to Buddhism are not being made according to the rules. Every year in Gujarat, people were converted to Buddhism during Dussehra and other festivals and the rules were not followed.”
“Applicants were sometimes found saying that prior permission is not required for conversion from Hinduism to Buddhism,” it added.
In keeping with the round, in instances the place functions in search of prior permission for conversion had been filed, the involved places of work disposed of such functions by holding that Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism fall beneath Hinduism beneath Article 25 (2) of the Structure.
Nonetheless, the federal government clarified that in line with the Gujarat Non secular Freedom Act, Buddhism shall be thought-about a separate faith. An individual who converts one other individual from Hinduism to Buddhism, Sikhism or Jainism has to take prior permission from the District Justice of the Peace. Other than this, the individual changing faith should give info within the prescribed format to the District Justice of the Peace.