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Legitimacy Act, 1930 🇰🇪


REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Legitimacy Act, 1930

Act 23 of 1930

  • Commenced on 10 June 1930
  • [This is the version of this document from 10 June 1930.]
An Act of Parliament relating to children born out of wedlock

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Legitimacy Act.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—“court” means the High Court;“date of legitimation” means the date of the marriage leading to the legitimation, or, where the marriage occurred before the commencement of this Act;“disposition” means an assurance of any interest in property by any instrument whether inter vivos or by will;“entailed interest” means an interest in tail or in tail male or in tail female or in tail special;“intestate” includes a person who leaves a will but dies intestate as to some beneficial interest in his movable or immovable estate;“legitimated person” means a person legitimated by this Act.

3. Legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents

(1)Subject to the provisions of this secti…

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