Section 8: Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption.

The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956Central Act · Act 78 of 1956

[8. Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption.―Any female Hindu who is of sound mind and is not a minor has the capacity to take a son or daughter in adoption:

Provided that, if she has a husband living, she shall not adopt a son or daughter except with the consent of her husband unless the husband has completely and finally renounced the world or has ceased to be a Hindu or has been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be of unsound mind.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
Section	8
Marginal note	Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 30 of 2010. . Subs. by Act 30 of 2010, s. 3, for section 8 (w.e.f. 31-8-2010).

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