Article 26
Right To Freedom Of Religion
(1) Every person who has faith in religion shall
have the freedom to profess, practice and protect his or her religion according to
his or her conviction.
(2) Every religious denomination shall have the right to operate and protect its religious sites and religious Guthi (trusts).
Provided that nothing shall be deemed to prevent the regulation, by making
law, of the operation and protection of religious sites and religious trusts and
management of trust properties and lands.
(3) No person shall, in the exercise of the right conferred by this Article,
do, or cause to be done, any act which may be contrary to public health, decency
and morality or breach public peace, or convert another person from one religion
to another or any act or conduct that may jeopardize other’s religion and such act
shall be punishable by law.