Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
5. Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter
(1) No adoption shall be made after the commencement of this Act
by or to a Hindu except in accordance with the provisions contained in this
Chapter, and any adoption made in contravention of the said provisions shall be
void.
(2) An adoption which is void shall neither create any rights in
the adoptive family in favor of any person which he or she could not have
acquired except by reason of the adoption, nor destroy the rights of any person
in the family of his or her birth.