{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1959/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1959/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/73",
  "legislation_title": "Legitimacy Act 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1959",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Applications, &c., under s.1 of Affiliation Proceedings Act, 1957.",
  "text": "An application under section one of the Affiliation Proceedings Act, 1957, may be made by a woman who was a single woman at the date of the birth of the child whether or not she is a single woman at the time of the application and the reference to a single woman in section two of that Act (which relates to the time within which such application may be made) shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/73/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:11:35.945055+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}