58 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
(6)
6. Forms of Hindu marriage. —Save as otherwise expresly provided herein, no marriage between Hindus shall be recognised as valid unless it is solemnized—
(a) as a Dharmik marriage, or
(b) as a civil marriage, or
(c) in accordance with the provisions of section 24A in cases to which that section applies.
(7)
General provisions for a Dharmik marriage
7. Essentials for a valid Dharmik marriage. —A Marriage between any two Hindus solemnized in the Dharmik form shall be a valid marriage, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—
(i) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;
(ii) neither party is an idiot or a lunatic at the time of the marriage;
(iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of eighteen years and the bride the age of fifteen years at the time of the marriage;
(iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship;
(v) the parties are not sapindas of each other unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a Dharmik marriage between the two;
(vi) where the bride has not completed her sixteenth year, the consent of her guardian in marriage has been obtained for the marriage.
(8)
General provisions for a Civil marriage
8. Essentials for a valid Civil marriage. —A Marriage between any two Hindus solemnized in the Civil form shall be a valid marriage, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—
(i) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;
(ii) neither party is an idiot or a lunatic at the time of the marriage;
(iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of eighteen years and the bride the age of fifteen years at the time of the marriage;
(iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship;
(v) each party has, if he or she has not completed the age of twenty one years at the time of the marriage, obtained the consent of his or her guardian in marriage:
Provided that no such consent shall be required if the bride is a widow.