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THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 · HINDU MARRIAGES

Section 5 — Conditions for a Hindu marriage

A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—
(i)neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;
1[(ii) at the time of the marriage, neither party—
(a)is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or
(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
(c)has been subject to recurrent attacks of insanity 1***;]
(iii)the bridegroom has completed the age of 2 [twenty-one years] and the bride, the age of 3[eighteen years] at the time of the marriage;
(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;
(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;
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