Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act : Capacity of a female Hindu to take adoption. Indian Bare Acts :

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act,1956

Act No : 78

Section : Capacity of a female Hindu to take adoption.

8.Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption. Any female Hindu (a)who is of sound-mind, (b) who is not a minor, and (c) who is not married, or if married, whose marriage has been dissolved or whose husband is dead or 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, has the capacity to take a son or daughter in adoption.