Section 14Part 0 —
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It is lawful for the parties to a marriage, or civil partnership, for the purpose of facilitating proceedings under this Act, to enter into an agreement for —
providing that evidence of past matters and transactions be available to the Court;
the custody and care and control of the children of the marriage, or civil partnership;
the settlement of matrimonial, or civil partnership, property;
pecuniary provision; or
periodical payments:
Provided that —
a full and frank disclosure of such agreement and the negotiations leading thereto is made to the Court;
neither party has themselves committed or has procured or connived at the commission by the other party of a matrimonial offence in order to obtain or accelerate a decree; and
neither party has exerted improper persuasion upon or offered improper advantage to an otherwise unwilling party for the purpose of obtaining such party's consent to a decree being obtained or accelerated.