THE HINDU WIDOWS’ REMARRIAGE ACT (1856)
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Date of publication
juli 1856
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ISBN / Resource ID
OBL:67719
INDIA Act XV, 1856....."Whereas it is known that by the law as administered in the civil Courts, Hindu widows with
certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of
contracting a second valid marriage, and the offspring of such widows by any second marriage
are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property;...
