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CHAPTER I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and extent. (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. (2) It extends toRead More →
2. Application of Act. (1) This Act applies- (a) to any person, who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments,Read More →
3. Definitions. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires- (a) the expressions “custom” and “usage” signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformlyRead More →
4. Overriding effect of Act. Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act- (a) any text, rule or interpretation of Hindu law or any customRead More →
CHAPTER II – ADOPTION 5. Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter. (1) No adoption shall be made after the commencement of this Act byRead More →
6. Requisites of a valid adoption. No adoption shall be valid unless- (i) the person adopting has the capacity, and also the right, to takeRead More →
7. Capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption. Any male Hindu who is of sound mind and is not a minor has theRead More →
8. Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption. Any female Hindu who is of sound mind and is not a minor has theRead More →
9. Persons capable of giving in adoption. (1) No person except the father or mother or the guardian of a child shall have the capacityRead More →
10. Persons who may be adopted. No person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless the following conditions are fulfilled, namely- (i) heRead More →
11. Other conditions for a valid adoption. In every adoption, the following conditions must be complied with:- (i) if any adoption is of a son,Read More →
12. Effect of adoptions. An adopted child shall be deemed to be the child of his or her adoptive father or mother for all purposesRead More →
13. Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties. Subject to any agreement to the contrary, an adoption does not deprive the adoptive fatherRead More →
14. Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases. (1) Where a Hindu who has a wife living adopts a child, she shall be deemed toRead More →
15. Valid adoption not to be cancelled. No adoption which had been validly made can be cancelled by the adoptive father or mother or anyRead More →
16. Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoption. Whenever any document registered under any law for the time being in force is produced beforeRead More →
17. Prohibition of certain payments. (1) No person shall receive or agree to receive any payment or other reward in consideration of the adoption ofRead More →
CHAPTER III – MAINTENANCE 18. Maintenance of wife. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a Hindu wife, whether married before or after the commencementRead More →
19. Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law. (1) A Hindu wife, whether married before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to be maintainedRead More →
20. Maintenance of children and aged parents. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section a Hindu is bound, during his or her lifetime, toRead More →
21. Dependents defined. For the purposes of this Chapter “dependents” mean the following relatives of the deceased- (i) his or her father; (ii) his orRead More →
22. Maintenance of dependents. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the heirs of a deceased Hindu are bound to maintain the dependents ofRead More →
23. Amount of maintenance. (1) It shall be in the discretion of the court to determine whether any, and if so what, maintenance shall beRead More →
24. Claimant to maintenance should be a Hindu. No person shall be entitled to claim maintenance under this Chapter if he or she has ceasedRead More →
25. Amount of maintenance may be altered on change of circumstances. The amount of maintenance, whether fixed by a decree of court or by agreementRead More →
26. Debts to have priority. Subject to the provisions contained in Section 27 debts of every description contracted or payable by the deceased shall haveRead More →
27. Maintenance when to be a charge. A dependent’s claim for maintenance under this Act shall not be a charge on the estate of theRead More →
28. Effect of transfer of property on right or maintenance. Where a dependent has a right to receive maintenance out of an estate and suchRead More →
CHAPTER IV – REPEALS AND SAVINGS 29. Repeals. [Repealed by Act 58 of 1960] Read Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act on a single, systematic page.Read More →
30. Savings. Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any adoption made before the commencement of this Act, and the validity and effect of anyRead More →
