Legitimacy Declaration Act 1858 (1858 c. 93)

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[F1] Ss. 1, 2 repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6

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[F2] S. 3 repealed by S.I. 1950/1940 (1950 II, p. 929)

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[F3] Ss. 4–8 repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6

9 Persons domiciled in Scotland may insist, on an action of declarator, that he is a natural-born subject.

[F4] S.9 repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6

Any person domiciled in Scotland, or claiming any heritable or moveable property situate in Scotland, may raise and insist, in an action of declarator before the Court of Session, for the purpose of having it found and declared that he is entitled to be deemed a . . . . . . Commonwealth citizen; and the said Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such action of declarator, in the same manner and to the same effect, and with the same power to award expenses, as they have in declarators of legitimacy and declarators of bastardy.

[F5] Words repealed by British Nationality Act 1948 (c. 56), s. 31, Sch. 4 Pt. I

[F6] Words substituted by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(6), Sch. 7

10 No proceedings to affect final Judgments, &c. already pronounced.

[F7] S.10 repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6

No proceeding to be had under this Act shall affect any final judgment or decree already pronounced or made by any Court of competent jurisdiction.

11 Acts to be read together. Short title.

[F8] S.11 repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6

The Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act; and this Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Legitimacy Declaration Act, 1858.”

[M1] 1857 c. 85.