LawgistThe Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
8Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption
1[8. Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption.―Any female Hindu who is of sound mind and is not a minor has the capacity to take a son or daughter in adoption:
Provided that, if she has a husband living, she shall not adopt a son or daughter except with the consent of her husband unless the husband has completely and finally renounced the world or has ceased to be a Hindu or has been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be of unsound mind.]
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1. Subs. by Act 30 of 2010, s. 3, for section 8 (w.e.f. 31-8-2010).
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
