Section 10 - Persons who may be adopted : Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956

Persons who may be adopted Section 10 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

 

Section 10 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 : "Persons who may be adopted"

10. No person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless the following conditions are fulfilled, namely : -

 

 

 

(i) he or she is a Hindu;

(ii) he or she has not already been adopted;

(iii) he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who are married being taken in adoption;

(iv) he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being taken in adoption.