LAW AMENDMENT AND REFORM (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE
Gazette Number:
Section:
23
Heading:
Engagements to marry not enforceable at law
Version Date:
30/06/1997
PART V
BREACH OF PROMISE
(1) An agreement between 2 persons to marry one another shall not have effect as a contract giving rise to legal rights and no action shall lie for breach of such an agreement.
(2) This section shall have effect in relation to agreements entered into before 7 October 1971, except that it shall not affect any action begun before that date.
(35 of 1971 s. 4 incorporated)
[cf. 1970 c. 33 s. 1 U.K.]