Whoever voluntarily causes disturbance to any assembly lawfully engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year20083 years2008, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 296
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Section 296 — Original text to 1 November 2022superseded
Section 296 — From 1 November 2022 (current)repealed by Maintenance of Religious Harmony (Amendment) Act 2019, Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2021
[Repealed by Act 31 of 2019 wef 01/11/2022]