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Child born in adultery during an Ordinance marriage

Turning to our own Marriage Ordinance, it can be seen that under section 49(1) the only child who can be illegitimate under the Ordinance is the child procreated in adultery; and section 49 (2) provides that “adultery shall not be held to include the intercourse of a man married by native customary law with an unmarried woman.”

COLEMAN v. SHANG [1959] GLR 390 [1959] SLR (CA) 48 · Court of Appeal · 1959 · VAN LARE AG CJ

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