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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1939

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The Act has been repealed subject to savings for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)