Conditions
The conditions of marriage are specified in Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act. The act expressively prohibits polygamy by stipulating that a Hindu marriage can be solemnized between two Hindus if neither party has a living spouse at the time of marriage; The conditions also stipulate that at the time of the marriage, neither party is incapable of giving valid consent or suffering from a mental illness that inhibits their fitness for marriage or procreation of children or suffering from recurrent episodes of insanity or epilepsy. In the original Act, the age of valid marriage was fixed at 18 for the boys and 15 for the girls, however this age requirement was later raised to 21 and 18 respectively for the boys and the girls though the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Act 1978. Finally, the Act specifically disallows marriages between prohibited degrees of relationships.
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