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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT 1899 - NOTES

- As at 30 November 2001 - Act 14 of 1899

Note:

This Act was superseded by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1959 No 104 of the Commonwealth with effect from 1.2.1961 - see section 8 of that Act.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended No number Schs Schedules
Cl clause p page Sec section
Cll clauses pp pages Secs sections
Div Division Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
Divs Divisions Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
GG Government Gazette Rep repealed Subst substituted
Ins inserted Sch Schedule

Table of Acts

Matrimonial Causes Act 1899 No 14. Assented to 20.11.1899. This Act has been amended as follows:

1922 No 3 Evidence (Amendment) Act 1922. Assented to 15.8.1922.
1929 No 5 Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Act 1929. Assented to 26.3.1929.
1937 No 35 Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.
1943 No 9 Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Act 1943. Assented to 31.5.1943.
1947 No 41 Jury (Amendment) Act 1947. Assented to 19.12.1947.
1949 No 44 District Courts (Amendment) Act 1949. Assented to 16.11.1949.
Date of commencement, 13.2.1950, sec 1 (4) and GG No 8 of 13.1.1950, p 62.
1951 No 43 Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Act 1951. Assented to 10.12.1951.
1954 No 35 Evidence (Amendment) Act 1954. Assented to 29.11.1954.
1957 No 13 Supreme Court Procedure Act 1957. Assented to 8.4.1957.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1957, sec 1 (2).
1958 No 22 Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Act 1958. Assented to 16.4.1958.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1958, sec 1 (4) and GG No 59 of 13.6.1958, p 1757.
1960 No 21 Deserted Wives and Children (Amendment) Act 1960. Assented to 8.4.1960.
Date of commencement, 1.5.1960, sec 1 (2) and GG No 53 of 29.4.1960, p 1216.
1964 No 74 Maintenance Act 1964. Assented to 21.12.1964.
Date of commencement, Div 2 of Part 3 excepted, 1.7.1966, sec 1 (2) (3) and GG No 60 of 17.6.1966, p 2388.
1965 No 33 Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965.
Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1968 No 3 Administration of Justice Act 1968. Assented to 19.4.1968.
Date of commencement of sec 8, 26.4.1968, sec 2 (2) (3) and GG No 55 of 26.4.1968, p 1606.
1970 No 52 Supreme Court Act 1970. Assented to 14.10.1970.
Date of commencement, Part 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018. Amended by Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No 41. Assented to 11.4.1972.
1999 No 31 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.131, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965.

Sec 1 Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1958 No 22, sec 2 (k); 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [2].
Sec 3 Am 1951 No 43, sec 2 (2) (a); 1958 No 22, sec 2 (a).
Sec 4 Am 1968 No 3, sec 8.
Sec 5 Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (b).
Sec 6, heading Subst 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [3].
Sec 8 Rep 1958 No 22, sec 2 (c).
Sec 9 Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (c).
Sec 10 Rep 1958 No 22, sec 2 (c).
Part 4, Div 1, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [4].
Sec 13 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.131.
Part 4, Div 2, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [5].
Sec 16 Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.131.
Part 4, Div 3, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [6].
Part 4, Div 4, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [7].
Part 4, Div 5, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [8].
Part 4, Div 6, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [9].
Part 4, Div 7, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [10].
Sec 23 Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (d).
Part 4, Div 8, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [11].
Part 4, Div 9, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [12].
Part 4, Div 10, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [13].
Part 4, Div 11, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [14].
Part 7, Div 1, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [15].
Part 7, Div 2, heading Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [16].
Part 8 Subst 1958 No 22, sec 2 (e).
Secs 39-42 Subst 1958 No 22, sec 2 (e).
Secs 43-46 Rep 1958 No 22, sec 2 (e).
Sec 47 Subst 1929 No 5, sec 2 (1) (b).
Sec 52 Am 1947 No 41, sec 7 (1) (a).
Part 13, heading Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (f).
Sec 60 Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (g).
Sec 62 Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (h).
Sec 69 Am 1947 No 41, sec 7 (1) (b).
Sec 73 Am 1929 No 5, sec 4 (a). Subst 1947 No 41, sec 7 (1) (c).
Sec 74 Am 1929 No 5, sec 4 (b).
Sec 75 Am 1929 No 5, sec 4 (c).
Sec 76 Am 1947 No 41, sec 7 (1) (d).
Sec 79 Am 1954 No 35, sec 3.
Sec 80 Rep 1922 No 3, sec 4.
Sec 82, heading Subst 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [17].
Sec 82 Am 1943 No 9, sec 3.
Sec 83, heading Subst 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [18].
Sec 83 Am 1929 No 5, sec 2 (1) (d).
Sec 84, heading Subst 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [19].
Sec 85, heading Subst 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [20].
Sec 90 Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 90A Ins 1929 No 5, sec 3. Am 1958 No 22, sec 2 (i); 1960 No 21, sec 5; 1964 No 74, Sch 2.
Sec 90B Ins 1958 No 22, sec 2 (j).
Sec 91 Subst 1929 No 5, sec 2 (1) (a). Am 1957 No 13, sec 8.
Sec 93A Ins 1949 No 44, sec 6 (2). Subst 1951 No 43, sec 2 (2) (b).
Sec 93B Ins 1951 No 43, sec 3.
Sec 94 Am 1929 No 5, sec 2 (1) (c).
The whole Act Am 1999 No 31, Sch 5.69 [1] (each heading that is not a Part heading, sec heading, Sch heading or Column heading omitted).