[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c93.415 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.415 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.415 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c93.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.415) ²⁰⁸⁸ For example, the Hindu Marriage Act (25 of 1955) by section 5 provides that the parties to a marriage must not be within the degrees of prohibited relationship and must not be \*sapiṇḍas\* of each other and yet adds 'unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two'. - [Previous: v7.c93.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.414) - [Next: v7.c93.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.416) - [Up: v7.c93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.415) · Pramāṇa