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LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951

LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 -
LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the law relating to divorce and other matrimonial
proceedings, the admissibility of evidence as to access, and the
charge and payment of percentage under the Lunacy Regulation
(Ireland) Act, 1871; to amend the Public Authorities Protection Act,
1893; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[13th February 1951]
S.1 rep. by 1973 c.45 s.17 sch.6. S.2 rep. by 1978 NI 15
art.63(b) sch.5. S.3 rep. by SLR 1973; 1978 NI 15 art.63(b) sch.5.
Ss.4,5 rep. by 1978 NI 15 art.63(b) sch.5. S.6 omitted by 1962
c.30 s.7(9) sch.1 Pt.I

LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 -
SECT 7
Evidence of access.

7.[(1) Notwithstanding any rule of law, the evidence of a husband
or wife shall be admissible in any proceedings to prove that
marital intercourse did or did not take place between them during
any period.]

(2) Notwithstanding anything in this section or any rule of law, a
husband or wife shall not be compellable in any proceedings to give
evidence of the matters aforesaid.

Subs.(3) rep. by SLR 1973.

Short title.

LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 -
SECT 10

10.(1) This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland), 1951.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1978 NI 15 art.63(b) sch.5; subs.(3)(4) rep. by
1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.