Section 8, The Legitimacy Act, 1989

(1) Where the parents of an illegitimate person marry or have married each other, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, and the father of the illegitimate person was or is at the time of the marriage domiciled in a country other than Sierra Leone by the law of which the illegitimate person became legitimated by virtue of such subsequent marriage, that person, if living, shall in Sierra Leone be recognised as having been so legitimated from the commencement of this Act or from the date of the marriage whichever last happens, notwithstanding that his father was not, at the time of the birth of such person domiciled in a country in which legitimation by subsequent marriage was permitted by law. No. 7 Legitimacy 1989 9 (2) All the provisions of this Act relating to legitimated persons and to the taking of interest in succession to a legitimated person and the spouse, children and remoter issue of a legitimated person shall apply in the case of a person recognised as having been legitimated under this section, or who would, had he survived the marriage of his parents, have been so recognised; and accordingly this Act shall have effect as if reference therein to a legitimated person included a person so recognised as having been legitimated. [Margin: Right of illegitimate child and mother of illegitimate child to succeed on intestacy of the other.]