No. 2 Adoption of a Daughter by a Male Hindu THIS DEED OF ADOPTION. . . . . . .(Same as in No. 1 above). Whereas the Adoptive Father has no daughter or son’s daughter living at this time; Whereas the Adoptive Father is desirous of adopting a daughter; Whereas Smt P.Q., wife of the Adoptive Father, has given her consent to the adoption of X.Y. by the Adoptive Father; Whereas the Natural Father has agreed to give his daughter X.Y. now aged . . . . . . . . . . years in adoption to the Adoptive Father; Whereas Smt R.S. wife of the Natural Father and Natural Mother of the said X.Y., has given her consent to the giving of the said X.Y. in adoption to the Adoptive Father; Whereas the said X.Y. has not been married; Whereas the Adoptive Father is more than twenty-one years older than the aforesaid X.Y.; NOW, THEREFORE, THIS, DEED WITNESSES that the said Natural Father has before a gathering of the families and friends held at . . . . . . . . this the . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the year 20 . . . . , actually given the said X.Y., his daughter, to the Adoptive Father and the Adoptive Father has taken the said X.Y. as his adopted daughter. IN WITNESS whereof the said A. B. (the Adoptive Father), Smt P.Q. (wife of the Adoptive Father), B.C. (the Natural Father) and Smt R.S. (wife of the Natural Father), have hereunto signed before the gathering present, two of whom have at the request of the parties and in their presence signed as witnesses on the date hereinabove mentioned. Witnesses: 1. Sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. (A.B., Adoptive Father) 2. Sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. (Smt P.Q., wife of A.B.) 3. Sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (B.C., Natural Father) 4. Sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Smt R.S., wife of B.C.) Note.—If there is no wife living then this fact should be mentioned in the recital, if there is no wife capable of giving consent then such disability should be clearly stated in the recital and in both cases the signature of the wife will not be necessary.