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Section 6 Extent, short title, commencement, and saving.

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(1)

This Act shall not apply to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

(2)

This Act may be cited as the Legitimacy Act, 1959.

(3)

This Act shall come into force on the expiration of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(4)

It is hereby declared that nothing in this Act affects the Succession to the Throne.