Section 5: Married woman may effect policy of insurance — Married Women's Property Act, 1874

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5. Married woman may effect policy of insurance. Any married woman may effect a policy of insurance on her own behalf and independently of her husband and the same and all benefit thereof, if expressed on the face of it to be so effected shall ensure as her separate property, and the contract evidenced by such policy shall be as valid as if made with an unmarried woman.

Effective date: 1874-02-24

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Section 4: Married women's earnings to be their separate property Section 6: Insurance by husband for benefit of wife Section 3: Commencement Section 7: Married woman may take legal proceedings Section 2: Extent and application Section 8: Wife's liability for postnuptial debts

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