Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962
Reprinted as at 12 July 2002
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Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962
CONTENTS
1.Short title1
2.Statute of Frauds 1677 s. 4 applies in amended form1
Notes
Compilation table2
Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 12 July 2002
Western Australia
Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962
An Act relating to the Statute of Frauds 1677.
This Act may be cited as the Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962 1.
2.Statute of Frauds 1677 s. 4 applies in amended form
The provisions of section 4 of the Statute of Frauds 1677 2, 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 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”.
Notes
1This is a reprint as at 12 July 2002 of the Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962. The following table contains information about that Act.
Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
Law Reform (Statute of Frauds) Act 1962 |
16 of 1962 |
1 Oct 1962 |
1 Oct 1962 |
2Statute of Frauds 1677 (UK) (29 Charles II, chapter 3). The short title “The Statute of Frauds” was given to the UK Act by the Short Titles Act 1892 (UK).
By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer