STATUTE OF FRAUDS (1677) (IMP) - SECT 2
STATUTE OF FRAUDS (1677) (IMP) - SECT 2
2 . Statute of Frauds provisions continued
Section 2 of the
Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962 reads as follows—
“
2. Application of s.4 of Statute of Frauds 1677
The provisions of
section four of the Statute of Frauds, 1677, continue in force in this State
in relation to any promise or agreement, whether made before or after the
coming into operation of this Act, as if the following passages were deleted
from that section, namely —
(a)
“whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special
promise to answer damages out of his own estate; or”;
(b)
“or to charge any person on upon any agreement made upon consideration
of marriage”; and
(c)
“or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of
one year from the making thereof”.
”.