Marriage (1877) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO PRIMO

VICTORIA, BEGINS

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No. XXI.

AN ACT to legalize the marriage of a Man with the Sister

of his Deceased Wife.

[Reserved, 6th August, 1877.]

[Royal Assent Proclaimed, 7th May, 1878.]

HEREAS it is expedient that the maniage of a Man with

ful; Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Governor ofW the Sister of his Deceased Wife should be declared law- Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and , with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:—

1 NO manage that has been or may be contracted between a

man and the sister of his deceased wife, shall, within this Colony,

41° VICTORIIE, No. 21.

Marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister.

be deemed other than a good and valid marriage merely by reason

of the affinity between the parties to such marriage.

2   FROM and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for

a man, within this Colony, to marry the sister of his deceased. wife.

I reserve -this Bill for the signification of Her Majesty's

pleasure thereon.

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

By Authority: RICHAP.1) prrwee, Government Printer, Perth.