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(l) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Definitions (a) "allurement" means and includes an act of offering any temptation in the form of any gift or gratification or material benefits either in cash or kind or employment, education in school run by any religious body, better life style, divine pleasure or promise thereof; (b) "coercion" means committing or threatening to commit any act punishable under the Indian Penal code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860) or any other law for the time being in force or unlawful detaining, threatening to detain, any property to the prejudice of any person, whatever, with the intention of causing any person to convert to another religion; (c) "conversion" means renouncing one religion and adopting another religion but does not include return of any person to the religion professed or being professed by, any one or both, the parents or grandparents ofa person; (d) "digital mode" means and includes,- (D social media networking site that allow individuals to,- (i) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system; (ii) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection; and (iii) view and traverse their list of connections and those made bv others within the system; (ll) social media applications aiming on building online communities of people who share interests and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others and provide a variety of ways for users to interact such as e-mail and instant messaging; l0r 102 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), APR. 12.2022 (CHTR.22. 1944 SAKA) Conversion of religion Cognizance of offence Marriage by concealnrent Jurisdiction of Court (e) "force" means causing or threatening to cause another person any injury to his person or property or to the person or property of anyone in whom that person is interested with the intent that such person shall do the thing which is the object of the offender to cause him to do; (D "fraudulent" includes misrepresentation of any kind or inducing any person to do or omit to do anything which he shall not do or omit if he was not so misrepresented or induced; (g) "Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrati ve department; (h) "minor" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (f) of section 2 ofthe Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 (Central Act 6 of 2007); (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; 0) "religion" means any organized system of faith, belief, worship or lifestyle as prevailing in India or any part thereof and defined under any law or custom for the time being in force; (k) "religious priest" means and includes a person professing any religion and who performs rituals including purification sanskar or conversion ceremony of any religion and by whatever name is called such as Pujari, Pandit, Qazi, Mulla, Maulvi, Father, Pastor or Nun; (l) "special officer" means an officer not below the rank of Inspector, as the Govemment may, by order, appoint for the specified area, for the purposes of this Act; (m) "undue influence" includes inducement by a person, who is in a position to dominate the will of another on account of hls ffduclary relation or real or apparent authority over the other to obtain an unfair advantage by using his such position. (2) Words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974), the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860) or the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Central Act 2l of 2000), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.