Contents of Section

Chapter:

23 PDFTitle:LAW AMENDMENT AND REFORM (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:23Heading:Engagements to marry not enforceable at lawVersion 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.]