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The Requisites of a valid adoption under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 are : A. the…

Section 6 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 lays down the requisites of a valid adoption: the person adopting must have the capacity and the right to take in…

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The Requisites of a valid adoption under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 are :
A. the person taking in adoption has the capacity, and also the right, to take in adoption
B. the person giving in adoption has the capacity to give in adoption
C. the person adopted is capable of being taken in adoption
D. the adoption must be registered

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Section 6 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 lays down the requisites of a valid adoption: the person adopting must have the capacity and the right to take in adoption, the person giving must have the capacity to do so, the person adopted must be capable of being taken in adoption, and the adoption must comply with the other conditions in Chapter II. Registration is not a requisite, and under Section 16 a registered deed merely raises a presumption of validity, so the answer is "A, B, C only".

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