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Matrimonial Law
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The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
Section 1-30
Section 1
Short title and extent
Section 2
Application of Act
Section 3
Definitions
Section 4
Overriding effect of Act
Section 5
Adoption to be regulated by this Chapter
Section 6
Requisites of a valid adoption
Section 7
Capacity of male Hindu to take in adoption
Section 8
Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption
Section 9
Persons capable of giving in adoption
Section 10
Persons who may adopted
Section 11
Other conditions for a valid adoption
Section 12
Effects of adoption
Section 13
Right to adoptive parents to dispose of their properties
Section 14
Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases
Section 15
Valid adoption not to be cancelled
Section 16
Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoption
Section 17
Prohibition of certain payments
Section 18
Maintenance of wife
Section 19
Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law
Section 20
Maintenance of children and aged parents
Section 21
Dependants defined
Section 22
Maintenance of dependants
Section 23
Amount of maintenance
Section 24
Claimant to maintenance should be a Hindu
Section 25
Amount of maintenance may be altered on change of circumstances
Section 26
Debts to have priority
Section 27
Maintenance when to be a charge
Section 28
Effect of transfer of property on right to maintenance
Section 29
Repeals
Section 30
Savings
Section 29- Repeals
(Rep. By the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (58 of 1960), sec. 2 and Sch.1).
The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
Section(s)
1 - 30
Judgement(s) Found in :
The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
Section 29
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