The Bastardy (Ireland) Act 1863
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Years of Her Majesty, Chapter Eighty-three, intituled An Act to amend the Laws in force for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland, and to continue the Powers of the Commissioners: And whereas it is expedient to amend the Provisions of the said recited Act with respect to the Recovery of the Cost of the Maintenance of any illegitimate Child from its putative Father during the Time that such Child is in receipt of Relief from ...