The Married Women's Property Act, 1874
Family Laws · Federal · 1874 · III of 1874
An Act to explain and amend the law relating to certain married women, and for other purposes. Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to make such provision as hereinafter appears for the enjoyment of wages and earnings by women married before the first day of January, 1866, and for insurances on lives by persons married before or after that day: AND WHEREAS by 2[section 20 of the Succession Act, 1925] (XXXIX of 1925) it is enacted that no person shall by marriage acquire any interest in the property of the person whom he or she marries, nor become incapable of doing any act in respect of his or her own property, which he or she could have done, if unmarried: AND WHEREAS by force of the said Act all women to whose marriages it applies are absolute owners of all property vested in, or acquired by, them, and their husbands do not by their marriage acquire any interest in such property, but the said Act does not protect such husbands from liabilities on account of the debts of their wives contracted before marriage, and does not expressly provide for the enforcement of claims by or against such wives: It is hereby enacted as follows:_
I — Preliminary
II — Married Women's Wages and Earnings
III — Insurance by Wives and Husbands
IV — Legal Proceedings by and Against Married Women
V — Husband's Liability for Wife's Debts
VI — Husband's Liability for Wife's Breach of Trust or Devastation
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