THE HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956, ACT NO. 78 OF 1956, 21st December, 1956. An Act to amend and codify the law relating to adoptions and maintenance among Hindus.
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| Sections | Particulars |
| Chapter I | Preliminary |
| 1 | Short title and extent |
| 2 | Application of Act |
| 3 | Definitions |
| 4 | Overriding effect of Act |
| Chapter II | Adoption |
| 5 | Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter |
| 6 | Requisites of a valid adoption |
| 7 | Capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption |
| 8 | Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption |
| 9 | Persons capable of giving in adoption |
| 10 | Persons who may be adopted |
| 11 | Other conditions for a valid adoption |
| 12 | Effects of adoption |
| 13 | Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties |
| 14 | Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases |
| 15 | Valid adoption not to be cancelled |
| 16 | Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoption |
| 17 | Prohibition of certain payments |
| Chapter III | Maintenance |
| 18 | Maintenance of wife |
| 19 | Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law |
| 20 | Maintenance of children and aged parents |
| 21 | Dependants defined |
| 22 | Maintenance of dependants |
| 23 | Amount of maintenance |
| 24 | Claimant to maintenance should be a Hindu |
| 25 | Amount of maintenance may be altered on change of circumstances |
| 26 | Debts to have priority |
| 27 | Maintenance when to be a charge |
| 28 | Effect of transfer of property on right to maintenance |
| Chapter IV | Repeal And Saving |
| 29 | [Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960] |
| 30 | Saving |