THE DOWRY PROHIBITION ACT, 19611
[Act, No. 28 of 1961]
[20th May, 1961]
An Act to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
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1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Gazette of India, Extra., 1959, Part II, Section 2, p. 397.