Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Divorce Act, 1869

Year: 1869

Enactment Date: 1869-01-26

Long Title: An Act to amend the law relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.�

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Legislative Department

Section 21: Children of annulled marriage.
Where a marriage is annulled on the ground that a former husband or wife was living, and it is adjudged that the subsequent marriage was contracted in good faith and with the full belief of the parties that the former husband or wife was dead, or when a marriage is annulled on the ground of insanity, children begotten before the decree is made shall be specified in the decree, and shall be entitled to succeed, in the same manner as legitimate children, to the estate of the parent who at the time of the marriage was competent to contract.
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