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Legitimacy Act, 1931

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Number 13 of 1931.

LEGITIMACY ACT, 1931.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents.

2.

Declarations of legitimacy of legitimated persons.

3.

Rights of legitimated persons, etc., to take interest in property.

4.

Succession on intestacy of legitimated persons and their issue.

5.

Application to illegitimate persons dying before marriage of parents.

6.

Personal rights and obligations of legitimated persons.

7.

Death duties.

8.

Provisions as to persons legitimated by extraneous law.

9.

Right of illegitimate child and mother of illegitimate child to succeed on intestacy of the other.

10.

Saving.

11.

Interpretation.

12.

Short title.

SCHEDULE.

Registration of Births of Legitimated Persons

Act Referred to

Courts of Justice Act, 1924

No. 10 of 1924

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Number 13 of 1931.

LEGITIMACY ACT, 1931.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO CHILDREN BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK. [19th May, 1931.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—