Legitimacy Act 1959

Legitimacy Act 1959
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Legitimacy Act, 1926, to legitimate the children of certain void marriages, and otherwise to amend the law relating to children born out of wedlock.
Citation7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 73
Dates
Royal assent29 July 1959
Other legislation
Repealed byFamily Law Reform Act 1987
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Legitimacy Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was repealed by the Family Law Reform Act 1987.[1]

  1. ^ "Lexis@Library: Document". LexisNexis. Retrieved 30 November 2009.