Which one of the following is not correct? Under Hindu Law a person can be adopted if he is:

HAMA section 10 normally requires the adoptee to be Hindu, not already adopted, unmarried and not to have completed fifteen years. Above fifteen is therefore not an ordinary eligibility condition. Sections 10(iii)–(iv) expressly allow applicable customs/usages to permit adoption of a married person or one above that age; those exceptions should not be mistaken for the general rule tested.