Bare ActsThe HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955

Section 1

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Subs. by Act 68 of 1976, s. 2, for clause (ii) (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). 5 (b) though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering from mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children; or (c) has been subject to recurrent attacks of insanity 1***;] (iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of 2 [twenty-one years] and the bride, the age of 3[eighteen years] at the time of the marriage; (iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two; (v) the parties are not sapindas of each other, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two; 4* * * * * *

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