Marriage Act Amendment Act 1959 (WA)

1959.] Marriage. [No. 37.

MARRIAGE.

8° Elizabeth II., No. XXXVII.

No. 37 of 1959.

AN ACT to amend the Marriage Act, 1894-1956.

[Assented to 10th November, 1959.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Marriage	Short title
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Act Amendment Act, 1959.

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(2) In this Act the Marriage Act, 1894-1956, is 1327Ag- ary, 1953, as

referred to as the principal Act. amended by Act No. 72 of 1956.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Marriage Act, 1894-1959.

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emended. 2. Subsection (3) of section eight A of the

principal Act is amended

(a)	by adding after the word, "pregnant" in in paragraph (a), the words, "or is the mother of a child of whom the intended husband is the father"; and
(b)	by adding after the word, "child" being the last word in paragraph (c), the words, "or child as the case may be."

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amended.	3. Section eleven of the principal Act is amended by adding after the word, "register" in the last line, the words, "such certificate and."
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amended.	4. Section thirteen of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word, "No" being the first word in line one, the passage, "Except by special license hereinafter mentioned, no."
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amended.	5. Section sixteen of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "fee of one shilling" in line twelve, the words, "prescribed fee."
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amended.	6. Section seventeen of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words, "fee of one shilling" in line five, the words, "prescribed fee."