Important Provisions of Dowry Prohibition Act 1961

[Educator]

2. Definition of “dowry”.—In this Act, “dowry” means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly—(a) by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage; or(b) by the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person, to either party to the marriage or to any other person,at or before 4[or any time after the marriage] 5[in