With reference to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, consider the following statements: 1. It mandates maintaining the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on January 26, 1950. 2. The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute in Ayodhya was exempted from the provisions of this Act. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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B. 2 only — Statement 1 is incorrect because the cutoff date under the Act is August 15, 1947, not January 26, 1950. Statement 2 is correct as Section 5 of the Act explicitly exempted the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute from its purview.

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