Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Indian legislation
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Hindus gptkb:Sikhs Jains
gptkbp:category	Indian legislation Family law in India
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:Act_No._78_of_1956
gptkbp:compatibleWith	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Jews gptkb:Muslims gptkb:Parsis
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1956
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:extendsTo	whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir
gptkbp:governs	maintenance adoption
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Hindu_Code_Bills
gptkbp:providesFor	legal adoption of children by Hindus maintenance of wife, children, and aged parents
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Hindu_Marriage_Act,_1955 gptkb:Hindu_Minority_and_Guardianship_Act,_1956 gptkb:Hindu_Succession_Act,_1956
gptkbp:section	gptkb:Section_18:_Maintenance_of_wife gptkb:Section_8:_Capacity_of_a_female_Hindu_to_take_in_adoption Section 7: Capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption Section 10: Persons who may be adopted Section 19: Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law Section 6: Requisites of a valid adoption Section 9: Persons capable of giving in adoption Section 20: Maintenance of children and aged parents
gptkbp:status	in force
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hindu_Marriage_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6