SOLEMINIZATION OF HINDU MARRIAGE

Conditions relating to solemnization of Hindu marriages:
A marriage between any two persons (male and female) may be solemnized under this act, if at the time of the marriage the following conditions are fulfilled, namely: -

1. Neither party has a spouse living.
2. Neither party –
3. is capable of giving the valid consent to it in consequence   of  unsoundness of mind; or
4. though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering form mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extend as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children: or
5. has been subject to recurrent attacks of in sanity;
6. the male has completed age of twenty one years and female the age of eighteen years;
7. the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship:

Provided that where a custom governing at least one of the parties permits of a marriage between them, such marriage may be solemnized, notwithstanding that they are within the degree of prohibited relationship; and

1. Where the marriage is solemnized in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, both parties are citizen of India domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends.