Legitimacy Act 1931
Legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents.
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section where the parents of an illegitimate person marry or have married one another, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, the marriage shall, if the father of the illegitimate person was or is at the date of the marriage domiciled in Saorstát Eireann, render that person, if living, legitimate from the commencement of this Act, or from the date of the marriage, whichever is the later.
(2) F1[…]
(3) F2[…]
(4) F3[…]
Annotations
Amendments:
F1
Repealed (14.06.1988) by Status of Children Act 1987 (26/1987), s. 7(1), commenced as per s. 1(2)(b).
F2
Repealed (14.06.1988) by Status of Children Act 1987 (26/1987), s. 32(f), commenced as per s. 1(2)(b).
F3
Repealed (5.12.2005) by Civil Registration Act 2004 (3/2004), s. 4 and sch. 2, S.I. No. 764 of 2005, subject to transitional provisions in s. 5.
Modifications (not altering text):
C2
Application of Act modified (14.06.1988) by Status of Children Act 1987 (26/1987) s. 7(2), commenced as per s. 1(2). “this Part” referred to below commenced on 14.06.1988.
Amendment of the Act of 1931
7.— ...
(2) In the case of a person to whom this section relates, the Act of 1931 shall have effect as if for the references in sections 1(1) and 5 of that Act to the commencement of that Act there were substituted a reference to the commencement of this Part.
Editorial Notes:
E4
Previous affecting provision: application of subs. (4) restricted (1.10.1997) by Registration of Births Act 1996 (36/1996) s. 1(6), S.I. No. 45 of 1997, subject to transitional provision in s. 1(7).