HINDU MARRIAGE ACT 1956

SEC.16 DEALS WITH THE FATE OF CHILDREN OF VOID AND VOIDABLE MARRIAGES. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO A SHARE ONLY IN THE SELF ACQUIRED PROPERTIES OF PARENTS BUT NOT ANCESTRAL PROPERTIES AS CO-PARCENER, SEC.17 AND SEC.18 DEALS WITH THE PUNISHMENTS OF BIGAMY AND CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT.