Beware, harmful acts, black magic a crime now

Bengaluru | Thursday | 23rd January, 2020

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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: The state government on Wednesday notified the Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhumane Evil Practices and Black Magic Act 2017, popularly referred to as the Anti-Superstition Act. A formal notification issued by the social welfare department states that the act came into force on January 4, 2020 after the Governor assented to the act. In all, the act bans 16 acts which harm other people in the name of witchcraft, black magic, superstition, etc. The Siddaramaiah government clarified that the act would not apply to religious practices but would penalise people who cause physical harm to people and animals in the name of black magic and superstition. The Act does not interfere with religious acts such as circumambulation or parikrama, performed at any religious or spiritual place Harikatha, Keerthana, Pravachana, Bhajana, Prayers and religious rituals at home, temple, dargha, gurudwaraand church..