5. Conditions for a Hindu marriage

{
    "act_title": "The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955",
    "act_slug": "hindu-marriage-act-1955",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "5",
        "title": "5. Conditions for a Hindu marriage",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "(i) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;\n[(ii) at the time of the marriage, neither party\n(a) is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or\n(b) though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering from mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children; or\n(c) has been subject to recurrent attacks of insanity [* * *] ;]\n(iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of [twenty-one years] and the bride, the age of [eighteen years] at the time of the marriage;\n(iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;\n(v) the parties are not sapindas of each other, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;\n[* * *]",
        "footnote": "",
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