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title: "Legitimacy Act 1926"
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# Legitimacy Act 1926

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Legitimacy Act 1926
1926 c. 60
An Act to amend the law relating to children born out of wedlock.
[15th December 1926]

## 1 Legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents. {#section-1}

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

## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2}



## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-35.}



## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-68.}



## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-9}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1012.}



## SCHEDULE . . . {#schedule}