LawgistThe Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
6Requisites of a valid adoption
No adoption shall be valid unless--
(i) the person adopting has the capacity, and also the right, to take in adoption;
(ii) the person giving in adoption has the capacity to do so;
(iii) the person adopted is capable of being taken in adoption; and
(iv) the adoption is made in compliance with the other conditions mentioned in this Chapter.
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ADOPTION
- 5 Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter
- 6 Requisites of a valid adoption
- 7 Capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption
- 8 Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption
- 9 Persons capable of giving in adoption
- 10 Persons who may be adopted
- 11 Other conditions for a valid adoption
- 12 Effects of adoption
- 13 Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties
- 14 Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases
- 15 Valid adoption not to be cancelled
- 16 Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoptions
- 17 Prohibition of certain payments
