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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1939 - LONG TITLE



An Act to confer jurisdiction upon the [{1}High Court] to decree the
dissolution of marriages in certain cases; to amend the law relating to
matrimonial causes and matters; and for other purposes connected with the
matters aforesaid. [4th July 1939] The Act has been repealed subject to
savings for

(a)petitions for divorce or judicial separation pending at 18.4.1979 (the date
on which the repeal of the Act took effect); and

(b)proceedings (i) on petitions for damages for adultery, or (ii) for
restitution of conjugal rights (including proceedings for certain associated
reliefs), pending at 18.4.1979.

(see 1978 NI 15 art.63 sch.3)



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