# Legitimacy Act 1926

16 & 17 Geo. 5 c. 60 · enacted 15 December 1926 · revised to 1 February 1991

An Act to amend the law relating to children born out of wedlock.

## Introductory text

An Act to amend the law relating to children born out of wedlock.
[15th December 1926]

## 1 Legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents.

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(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



## 3—5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



## 10—12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/16-17/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1926
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