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 In the case of a widow who is of full age, or whose marriage has been consummated, her own consent shall be sufficient consent to constitute her re-marriage lawful and valid.

There are some defects in the Hindu Widows' Re-marriage Act (XV of 1856) which, I think, constitute by far the greatest obstacle to the working of the Act and mainly account for as to why the Act has remained almost a dead letter. It is high time now that these defects should be removed; and I have made some suggestions which, I hope, if carried out, will greatly facilitate the marriage of Hindu widows.

The second section of the Act, so far as it divests a Hindu widow of the property which has already vested in