9. Persons capable of giving in adoption

{
    "act_title": "The Hindu Adoptions And Maintenance Act, 1956",
    "act_slug": "hindu-adoptions-and-maintenance-act-1956",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "9",
        "title": "9. Persons capable of giving in adoption",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "Explanation\n(i) the expressions father and mother do not include an adoptive father and an adoptive mother; [*]\n[(ia) guardian means a person having the care of the person of a child or of both his person and property and includes\n(a) a guardian appointed by the will of the childs father or mother, and\n(b) a guardian appointed or declared by a Court; and]\n(ii) Court means the City Civil Court or a district Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the child to be adopted ordinarily resides.\nOLD LAW  ▼",
        "footnote": "",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 8
    },
    "prev_section": "8",
    "next_section": "10"
}