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    SECTION 59

    Bastard; illegitimate child

    General Construction (GCN) CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE 2

    § 59. Bastard; illegitimate child. The term "bastard" or "illegitimate
    child" in a statute means a child born out of wedlock. Hereafter in any
    local law, ordinance or resolution or in any public or judicial
    proceeding or in any process, notice, order, decree, judgment, record or
    other public document or paper, the term "bastard" or "illegitimate
    child" shall not be used, but the term "child born out of wedlock" shall
    be used in substitution therefor and with the same force and effect.