Chairman

172 THE CYPRUS GAZETTE (EXTRAORDINARY), 28TH FEBRUARY, 1939.
Legal status
of ill^timate
child
in respect of
his mother.
Legitimation
by subsequent
marriage.
Co-habitation
during
period of
possible
conception.
Period of
possible
conception.
Legitimation
of illegitimate
child.
Restriction
on legitimation.
Application
to Court or
Tribunal.
Saving.
Effect of
order of
lev'itimation.
PART II.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
30. An iUegitimate chUd shaU have the legal status of
a legitimate chUd in respect of his mother and her relatives
by blood.
31.—(1) An iUegitimate chUd shaU acquire by reason
of the fact that the father subsequently marries the mother
the legal status of a legitimate chUd in respect of both
his father and mother and their relatives by blood.
(2) In the event of such marriage, the husband of the
mother shallbe deemed to be the father of the chUdif he
has co-habited with her, to the exclusion of all other male
persons, within the period of possible conception specified
in sub-section (3), unless it is evidently impossible under the
circumstances that the mother has conceived the chUd
in consequence of such co-habitation.
(3) The period of possible conception in this section
mentioned is the period between the one hundred and
eighty-first day and the three hundred and second day,
both inclusive, before the birth of the chUd.
32. An Ulegitimate chUd born after the coming into
operation of this Law may be declared legitimate by an
order of a Court or Tribunal made in accordance with,
and subject to the provisions contained in, this Part.
33. No iUegitimate child shall be declared legitimate—
(a) if at the time of the conception of such child a
marriage between the parents would be forbidden
by the doctrines of the religion to which the father
belongs on account of relationship by blood or by
marriage ; or
(fe) if such child is dead ; or
(c) if the father of such chUd is dead.
34. Subject to the provisions of section 33, an order
declaring an illegitimate chUd legitimate may be made only
by a Court or Tribunal within the jurisdiction of which the
father of such chUd resides, and only on the application—
(a) of the father at any time, with the consent of the
mother of the chUd (if such mother is alive and is
not a person under disabUity or an incapable person)
and of the chUd himself if over eighteen years of age
and is not a person under disability or an incapable
person, or
(6) of the mother of the chUd or of the guardian of
the mother if she is a person under disability or an
incapable person within twelve months of the birth
of the child.
35. Nothing in sections 32, 33 and 34 contained shaU be
construed or interpreted as—
(a) restricting the right of an iUegitimate child born
before the date of the coming into operation of this
Law to be declared the child of his father for the
purpose of succession under the provisions of the
Moslem religious law, or
(b) limiting the jurisdiction and powers of a Tribunal
in the determination of the right to succession of
such illegitimate child.
36. An iUegitimate chUd who has been declared legitimate
by an order of a Court or Tribunal as in this Part provided,
shaU, as from the date of his birth, have the legal status
of a legitimate chUd in respect of both his father and
mother and their relatives by blood.
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