LEGITIMACY BILL
NEW BRITISH PROPOSAL.
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LONDON, 16th June. In the House of Commons the Legitimacy Bill, aa amended before the third reading, was carried. As introduced, the Bill provided that all children born out of. wedlock were to be legitimised by the subsequent marriage of their parents. The amendment limits the measure to the children of unmarried parents and states: "Nothing in this Act'shall operate to legitimise a person whoso father or mother was married to a third party when the illegitimate person was born." There was a sharp debate on the amendment, during which it became apparent that the measure would be jeopardised if the amendment were resisted. Eventually Captain Bowyer who was in charge of the Bill, accepted the amendment, which was carried without division.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 143, 18 June 1923, Page 7
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135LEGITIMACY BILL Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 143, 18 June 1923, Page 7
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