Complex sentence: In considering whether a law breaches Section 116, the court has looked to the law's purpose rather than its effect, and has denied that Section 116 confers civil rights on individuals to the freedom of religion.
Split into simpler sentences: In considering whether a law breaches Section 116, the court has asked whether the purpose of a law contravenes the provision, rather than whether the consequences of the law so contravene. The court has denied that Section 116 confers civil rights on individuals to the freedom of religion.