Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 23 of 1979 - SECT 7

7. (1) Section 39 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) of sub-section (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:

''(a) either party to the marriage is an Australian citizen at the date on
which the application instituting the proceedings is filed in a court;

   (b)  either party to the marriage is present in Australia at that date; or

   (c)  the proceedings relate to a child of the marriage and the child is
        present in Australia at that date.''.

(2) Section 39 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section
(7) the following sub-section:

''(7A) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that a Proclamation
made under sub-section (7) is revoked on and from a specified date and, on and
after the specified date, this Act (including sub-section (7)) has effect as
if the revoked Proclamation had not been made, but without prejudice to the
effect of the revoked Proclamation in respect of the jurisdiction of courts
before the specified date.''.