Legitimacy Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Children’s Code Act, 2022 (No. 12 of 2022). Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Legitimacy Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 16 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Legitimacy Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Legitimacy Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2I nterpretation
- S. 3L egitimation by subsequent marriage
- S. 4(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the child of a void marriage, whether Legitimacy of children
- S. 5L egitimacy of children of voidable marriages
- S. 6(1) A person claiming that he or his parent or any remoter ancestor became or Declaration of
- S. 7R ights of legitimated persons, etc., to take interests in property
- S. 8S uccession on intestacy of legitimated persons and their issue
- S. 9A pplication to illegitimate person dying before marriage of parents
- S. 10A legitimated person shall have the same rights, and shall be under the same Personal rights and
- S. 11D uties
- S. 12P rovisions as to persons legitimated by extraneous law
- S. 13R ight of illegitimate child and mother of illegitimate child to succeed on
- S. 14H igh Court may make orders as to custody of illegitimate children
- S. 15A pplications for affiliation orders
- S. 16S avings