L egitimacy Declaration (ire/audi.
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B I L L
INTITULEll
An Act to enable Persons in Ireland to establish
Legitimacy and the Validity of Man'iages, and
the Right to be deemed Natural-born Subjects.
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HEREAS it is expedient to extend to Ireland the P ro"risions of "The Legitimacy Declarat.ion Act., 1858,"
,'rltich euables Persons to establish thei.r Legitimacy: and
the ~faITinge. of their Pru'E'nts mel ewers from WhOUl they m ay he
5 descended, and which also t'l1alJlc:5 P ersolls to estahlish t.heix Bright
to be deemc-d 1\ aturnl-llOlll SulJj ects by Application to the Comi for
Dh-orcc' null }\Iahiruolliul C::'l1ses iu :England:
De it thel'ef'ol'c en3cted hy the Queen's most Excellent Jiajesty,
b~- and with the Addeo and Consent of the Lords Spirit ual and
10 Temporal, and C OllllllOllS, ill t.his 1ll"I?SCllt Parliament assembled, and
by the Authori!:- of the sam(', as follows:
1. .L\..ny Xahu'3i-bol'll Subject of tho
r;.~ccn,
or any Persoll whose Apylica. tion
Rifl'ht
to be dcerued a Nahu;u-hol'n S:1.1hi('ct
dep ends wholly
Ot· in to Pro?atc
o
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COI,rt In
part on his Lcf,oitimacy, heing domiciled in Eu.:;lmul or IJ.'clanu, or Ireland fOI'
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apply by P etition to t.he Court of Probate in Ireland, praying mai!.\·:
for a De-cree that the Petitioner is the legitiJUat~ Child of his
:Parents, and that t he M..'U·l'bge of his Father and "1Iother, 01' of his
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Grand~''ll tl_
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Legitimacy IJecl(!1'(ition (Irelmul).
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Gl'a.ndfather and Grandmother , was a valid J\.iarriage, or for a D ecree
decbring either of the i\1:atters aforesaitl ; and any such Subject or
Persall being so domiciled or e1nimiug 3S aforesaid 111<.'\.y in like
:Nlam.lCl' apply to sueh COlU·t for a Decree declarin g t hat his
j\.'[al'l'iage ,'laS or is a v:-ilid :i\iarria.ge, [mel such COlU't shaH have 5
J urisdict.ioll to heal' and determin e such Applicat.ion, a.ncl t o make
snch DeGree decbratory of t he Legitimacy 01' Illegitilllacy of such
P erson, or of the Validity or Iuvalidity of such Marriage, as t o the
COlut ma.y seem just; ftnd such Decree, except as hereiu.•aftel'
lUclltioned, shall bc binding to all Intcnts and Purposes OIl Her 10
:Maj esty and all all P ersons whomsoever.
.\.pp1i(;ation
to (.~otlrt. for
Dcc1:l.r:Ltion
of Right to
be deemed a
Nn t ural-born
~ubj ect .
P etition to
be accomp anied by
Affidlwit !IS
Court
2. Any Person heing so domiciled or cla,iDling as aforesaid may
[l,pp1y hy Petition to th e said Court f'or a Decree dcclara.tol'Y of his
Right to be decllled n Katul'aJ.·borll Subject of H er l\iajest y, and
t.he said COlU't sllall hONe J lU'iS(lictioll to hear and detel'mine sneh 15
Applic:1tion, aml to make such D ecree thereoll as to th c COlll't may
scelU just; aud where such .A11plie:1tion as last aforesaid is made by
the P ersoll makin g sneh A l)l'lioation as herein m entioned for a
D eer e.e declaring his Legitimacy 01' the Validity of a ~IalTiage, boUI
Applications ma-y he iucluclcu in th e same Petition ; and evel'Y 20
Decre~ made by t he said COUl't shal l, excep t as herein-after l1len·
tioned, be valid and binding, to all Inteuts and Pm'poses, upon H el'
Majesty and ::ill P crsons whomsoever.
3 . :Every P etition under tills Act. shall be accompanied by such
A:ffidavit yerifying t.he same, and of the Absence of Collusion, as 25
th e Court may by any General Rule direct.
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c. 79. and
2:? &:?3 Viet.
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apply to
Proceeding s
l1nder th is
Ac t.
4 . .All the Provisions oft-he Acts H The Probates and Letters of
Administl'ation _-let (Ireland), 1857," and " The COlU't of Pr oba.te
Act (lrcl:111d), 1859," so far as t he same llla.y be requisite a.nd
applicable, and the Powers unel Pl'ovisions t her ein contu.i ned, as to 30
Practice, ProcedtU'e, and Ri ght of Appeal, and tlJe making . and
ratifvinO'
P"ules a.nd RcO'ulations
for the same and. n .d:'!·'!' th.;> J!'E'('5
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pfiyaHc ripon P!.oc;Y!tllii.~~ hd...,l':;' t he Cout't: and in respect of the
slUllDlollrng aml enforcing' the Attenda.nce of JtU'ies, shall respectively
ext end to Applications and Proceedings Ullder this Act, as if t he 30
samc had been originally ,mthorized by the sai,l Acts respectively.
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Power to
aW:l.rd nnd
enforce
Payment of
Cost!.
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5. In all Proceedings under this Act the said Court shall have
full Power to award and enforce Payment of Costs to "ny P erson
dted, whether such Person shall 01' sh"n not oppose the D ecla.ration
appUe<l for, in case such COlll't shall aeem it r easonable that such 40
Costs shaU be paid.
6 . A Copy
LegitinUtcy Declamtwn (Ireland).
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6. A Copy of cvery Petition under tllis Act, and of the Affidavit
The A.ttor-
accompanying the same, shall One Month at len.st l)l'eviously to ,.oeYba.Geuel'nl
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the Presentation or filing of such Petition be delivered to Her Copy of P !!Majesty's Attorney General fOl' ll:cland, who sball be a R espondent i.'t~·hOno
5 upon the Hearing of such Petition, and upon every subsequent
Proceedi.nO' l'clatiuO' thereto.
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fi led, nnd to
bcnRe-
spondent.
7. Wllere any Application is made lmdcr this Act to the said
COlU't, su ch Person 01' Persons (if any) besides the said Attorney
General as the Court shall think fit shall, subject to the Rules made
10 lmde)' this Act or applicable thereto, be cite,l to see Proceedings or
otherwisc slmnnonecl in such :liIrumer as the Comt shall direct, and
m.~y be permitte(1 to become Parties to the Procecdings, and oppose
the Application.
Com·t, may
rc.qui l·e
PI.!!'·
to be
,ited,
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8 . The Decree of the sai,l Court shall not i.ll any Case preju,lice Savi ng of
15 any Person, unless such Person has been cited 01' made a Party to ~~~~~l.<:o::ot
the Proceedings, 01' is the H eir-at-.Law 01' Next of Kin, 01' other R eal
Personal R.epresentntive of, 01' derives Title under or tlll'ough, 11
Person so cited or mucIc fir Pa.rty; nor sha.ll such Decrec of the
Court llrejudice any Pcrson, if the same be subsequently proved to
cited.
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20 have been obtained by lhaud or Collusion.
9. No Pl'oceeclil1g to be 1uuI under this Act shall affect any final Proceedings
Judg-ment 01' Decree already l)ronolIDcc{1 or mauc 'byau y Court of not to affect
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;Iudgmcnts.
competent Jurisdictioll.
&c. already
PI'OIlOlU1Ct-"d.
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10. In the Construction of tlus Act the Words " Person" aolld Ill tcrpl'eto.Subj ect" shall. include Pmiies cited as Respondents as well as riou Clnu~.
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Petitioners, and shall comprIse n 0 a nss c alDllng 01' el'lvmg C' . 21. s. 4.
in the sa.me Right, who would ns Children or Grandchilch·en 01' in
their OW11 Persons be comprellcnded within the fl'erm " I ssue."
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11. The ",'tid Two Acts of One thousand eight lmndre,l amI fiIty"
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the Com"t of Probate in ll:eland, and this Act, shall be construed
together as One Act, and this Act may be cited for all Purposes as
" Tbe Legiti:tnacy Declaration Act (Ireland), 1868."
'1It h unelr'ed aneI fifty'
30 seven and One th ousn,uel eJg
-Dille,
Aot, to be
,.ad
togcther.
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