Taylor v Harley - [1943] NZLR 68

Legitimacy — Legitimation — Subsequent Marriage of Parents — Application for Registration — "Every illegitimate person whose parents have intermarried" — Illegitimate in fact, whether or not presumed Legitimate at Birth — Duty of Registrar-General or Magistrate — Ascertainment where Presumption of Legitimacy whether Subject of Application illegitimate in fact at Birth — Certificate not operating as Estoppel or rendering the Question of Legitimacy res judicata — Legitimation Act, 1939, ss 3 (1), 5.