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Central · 1956 · Section 6

Section 6 — Requisites of a valid adoption.

The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

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.