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Under Section 16 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the registered document recording an…

Section 16 requires the registered document to be "signed by the person giving and the person taking the child in adoption". Signatures of witnesses or officials alone do…

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Under Section 16 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the registered document recording an adoption must be signed by:

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Section 16 requires the registered document to be "signed by the person giving and the person taking the child in adoption". Signatures of witnesses or officials alone do not attract the presumption.

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