The Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to matrimonial proceedings in magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 18(1) of the act repealed 11 enactments, listed in the schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal58 & 59 Vict. c. 39Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895The whole act.2 Edw. 7. c. 28Licensing Act 1902Section 5.10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 63Married Women (Maintenance) Act 1920The whole act.15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 51Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Act 1925The whole act.25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 46Money Payments (Justices Procedure) Act 1935Section 9.1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 57Matrimonial Causes Act 1937Section 11.12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 99Married Women (Maintenance) Act 1949The whole act.14 Geo. 6. c. 37Maintenance Orders Act 1950Sections 1 and 5.14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 56Guardianship and Maintenance of Infants Act 1951In section 1, subsection (3) from "but" onwards. Section 2. In section 4, in subsection (2), the words from "and any order" to "this Act" where next thereafter occurring.15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55Magistrates' Courts Act 1952In section 52, the proviso to subsection (2). In section 126, in subsection (1), the paragraph commencing with the words "Maintenance order".1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 47Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953In the First Schedule, paragraph 3.
Subsequent developments The schedule to the act, together with words in section 18(1), were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
The whole act was repealed by section 89(2)(b) of, and schedule 3 to, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978, which came into force on 1 February 1981.
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