_A Bill to Amend the Law of Husband and Wife_ A.D. 1910 WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law of husband and wife: Be it therefore enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-- _Power of wife to petition for divorce_ =1.= Notwithstanding anything in the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857, or any other Act contained, it shall be lawful for any wife to present a petition to the Court praying that her marriage shall be dissolved on the ground that since the celebration thereof her husband has been guilty of adultery. For the purposes of this section the expression “Court” shall mean the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. _Guardianship of children_ =2.= A wife shall be the joint guardian with her husband of any children of the marriage, and, in every case arising under any statute or otherwise, shall have an equal power with the husband in any matter concerning their education, upbringing, or welfare. In case of disagreement between the parties either party may apply to the Court, who shall make such order as, having regard to all the circumstances before it and to the general well-being of the children, it shall think proper. There shall be no appeal from such order except by leave of the Court, but the Court may at any time, at the instance of either party, with or without hearing fresh evidence, rescind or vary such order in such manner as it shall think proper. _Children to be legitimised by marriage_ =3.= Marriage before and after _the passing of this Act_ shall operate to legitimise any children previously born to the parties to such marriage. _Short Title_ =4.= This Act may be cited as the Marriage Law Amendment Act, 1910. APPENDIX F THE CRIMINAL APPEAL ACT, 1907 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL =1.= (1) There shall be a Court of Criminal Appeal, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and eight judges of the King’s Bench Division of the High Court, appointed for the purpose by the Lord Chief Justice with the consent of the Lord Chancellor for such period as he thinks desirable in each case, shall be the judges of that court. (2) For the purpose of hearing and determining appeals under this Act, and for the purpose of any other proceedings under this Act, the Court of Criminal Appeal shall be summoned in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chief Justice of England with the consent of the Lord Chancellor and the court shall be duly constituted if it consists of not less than three judges and of an uneven number of judges. If the Lord Chief Justice so directs, the court may sit in two or more divisions. The court shall sit in London except in cases where the Lord Chief Justice gives special directions that it shall sit at some other place.