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GUARDIANSHIP OF INFANTS ACT 1886 - SECT 5A

Custody, etc., of illegitimate children.

5A.(1) Section 5 of this Act shall apply in relation to an infant who is
illegitimate as it applies in relation to an infant who is legitimate, and the
person who is the natural father of an illegitimate infant may, as well as the
mother, apply for an order in relation to the infant under that section; and
the first reference in that section to the mother, and references to the
father or parent, of an infant shall be construed accordingly.

(2) For the purposes of

(a)section 6 of the Tenures Abolition Act (Ireland) 1662 (power of father to
appoint, by deed or will, a guardian for his infant child), and

(b)sections 2 and 3 of this Act,

Power to Court to remove guardian.

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