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In forceApplication to Local Court for recognition as father of illegitimate infant
6 Application to Local Court for recognition as father of illegitimate infant
(1)
A person who claims paternity of an infant whose parents were not married to each other at the time of its conception and have not since married each other may make an application to the Local Court for an order that he be recognized as the father of the infant for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
Upon an application under subsection (1), the Local Court may, if it is satisfied that the applicant is the father of the infant and that he is a fit and proper person to have guardianship and custody of the infant, make the order applied for.
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