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Section 172
<br> who can adopt or adopt
A child may be adopted or adopted by any of the following persons:-
(a) A couple who do not have a son or daughter even after ten years of marriage,
(b) A woman who has completed forty-five years of age, is unmarried, widowed, divorced or legally separated and has no sons or daughters,
(c) Forty-five years of age unmarried, widower, divorced or judicially separated male with no sons or daughters.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), no person shall adopt an adopted son or daughter-in-law:-
(a) is not at the address,
(b) Convicted by a court of law on a criminal charge of moral turpitude,
(c) Not having the financial capacity to provide care, health, education, sports, recreation and care for minors.
(3) In accordance with this section, the husband or wife of the deceased shall take the consent of each other when adopting an adopted son or daughter.