Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982 Preamble 1 - Bare Act

Act Info:

KARNATAKA DEVADASIS (PROHIBITION OF DEDICATION) ACT, 1982¹

[Act, No. 1 OF 1984]

[11 January, 1984]

PREAMBLE

An Act to prevent dedication of women as devadasis in the State of Karnataka.

WHEREAS the practice of dedicating women as devadasis to deities, idols, objects of worship, temples and other religious institutions or places of worship exists in certain parts of the State of Karnataka ;

AND whereas such practice leads women so dedicated to a life of prostitution;

AND whereas it is expedient to put an end to the practice ;

BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Thirty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

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1. First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the Thirty-first day of January, 1984.