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An Act to Amend the Law elating to the Legitimacy of Children of Voidable Marriages

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excelllent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in

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2. ~ e ~ i ~ i m a c y of c ~ i ~ ~ r ~ n o voidable marr es. Where a decree of nullity is granted in respect o f a oidable marri any child who would have been the legitimate child of the parties to the marriage if it had instead of being annulled, on the date of the decree shall be deemed to be their legitimate child n o ~ w i ~ h s t a n d i n g the annu~ment.

65 178-By Authority: S. R. H A ~ P~ o ~ e r n r n ~ n t ~ ~ ~ ,Printer, Queensland