DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 59
6. Forms of Hindu marriage. —Save as otherwise expresly provided herein, no marriage between Hindus shall be recognised as valid unless it is solemnized either as a sacramental marriage or as a civil marriage in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
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Sacramental marriage
7. Conditions relating to a sacramental marriage. — A marriage between any two Hindus may be solemnized in the sacremental form, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—
Part IV, sec. 1, page 15.
Part IV, sec. 3, page
15.
(1) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;
(2) neither party is an idiot or lunatic at the time of the marriage;
(3) the bridegroom has completed the age of eighteen years and the bride the age of fourteen years at the time of the marriage;
(4) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship;
(5) the parties are not sapindas of each other unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a sacramental marriage between the two;
(6) where the bride has not completed her sixteenth year the consent of her guardian has been obtained for the marriage.
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Part IV, sec, 7, page 16.
10. Conditions relating to a civil marriage. —For a civil marriage between any two Hindus, the following conditions must be fulfilled, namely:—
(1) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;
(2) neither party is an idiot or a lunatic at the time of the marriage;
(3) the bridegroom has completed the age of eighteen years and the bride the age of fourteen years at the time of the marriage;
(4) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship;
(5) each party has, if he or she has not completed the age of twenty one years, obtained the consent of his or her guardian in marriage:
Provided that no such consent shall be required in the case of a widow.
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