The state government has drafted an amendment bill to the Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960 that aims at removing dress code, imposed by some recreation clubs, on persons wearing veshti (dhoti) reflecting Kannada culture or any Indian traditional dress, to enter into such places and for regulating the membership and fee therein.
According to the draft bill, no membership shall be denied to MP, MLA, MLC, a person with meritorious contribution in sports, ex-servicemen or renowned person and those who have strived for upliftment of society, cause of state and the nation.
The amendment bill drafted based on the recommendations of the House committee that looked into the working of the clubs in the state has been uploaded by the Department of Stamps & Registration on its website, for public comments.
This Act may be called the Karnataka Entry into Public Places (Removal of Restriction on Dress and Regulation of membership and Fee) Act, 2015, the draft bill states.
It states that no person, wearing a veshti (dhoti) reflecting Kannada culture or any other lndian traditional dress, shall be denied entry into any public place, by reason only of this dress; also no unreasonable membership fee shall be prescribed, without the approval of the government.
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