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Under the proviso to Section 18 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, rights are not conferred where…

The proviso to section 18 withholds rights only where, but for the Act, the children would have been incapable of acquiring them "by reason of their not being the legitimate…

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Under the proviso to Section 18 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, rights are not conferred where children would otherwise have been incapable due to:

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The proviso to section 18 withholds rights only where, but for the Act, the children would have been incapable of acquiring them "by reason of their not being the legitimate children of their parents". It is concerned with illegitimacy, not with minority, adoption or the entry of names.

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