The HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956

ADOPTION

Section 6: Requisites of a valid adoption.

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.