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CHAPTER 22
General Construction
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SECTION 59
Bastard; illegitimate child
General Construction (GCN) CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE 2
§ 59. Bastard; illegitimate child. The term "bastard" or "illegitimate
child" in a statute means a child born out of wedlock. Hereafter in any
local law, ordinance or resolution or in any public or judicial
proceeding or in any process, notice, order, decree, judgment, record or
other public document or paper, the term "bastard" or "illegitimate
child" shall not be used, but the term "child born out of wedlock" shall
be used in substitution therefor and with the same force and effect.