Section 6 - Requisites of a valid adoption : Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956

What are the Requisites of a valid adoption Section 6 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

 

 

 

Section 6 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 : "Requisites of a valid adoption"

6. 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.