The Bombay Prevention of Ex-Communication Act, 1949

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    "title": "The Bombay Prevention of Ex-Communication Act, 1949",
    "short_title": "The Bombay Prevention of Ex-Communication Act, 1949",
    "act_number": "Bombay Act, No. 13 of 1949",
    "act_year": 1949,
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    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "The Bombay Prevention of Ex-Communication Act, 1949",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"community\" means a group the members of which are connected together by reasons of the fact that by birth, conversion or the performance of any religious rite they belong to the same religion or religious creed and includes a caste or sub-caste;\n(b) \"ex-communication\" means the expulsion of a person from any community of which he is member depriving him of rights and privileges which are legally enforceable by a suit of civil nature by him or on his behalf as such member;",
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            "title": "3. Ex-communication not to be valid and of any effect.",
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            "title": "4. Penalty.",
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            "title": "5. Jurisdiction under this Act.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Mode of taking cognizance of offences.",
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            "content": "(a) after the expiry of one year from the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and\n(b) without the previous sanction of the [State] Government or any officer authorised by the [State] Government not below the rank of the Commissioner of Police [in any area for which a Commissioner of Police has been appointed] and the District Magistrate elsewhere.",
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        "Act Year": "1949",
        "Short Title": "The Bombay Prevention of Ex-Communication Act, 1949",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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