Section 24 Marriage not to affect property rights or legal capacity.
Scotland
Subject to the provisions of any enactment (including this Act), marriage F1or civil partnership shall not of itself affect—
the respective rights of the parties to the marriageF2, or as the case may be the partners in the civil partnership, in relation to their property;
the legal capacity of F3those parties or partners.
Nothing in subsection (1) above affects the law of succession.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 24(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by virtue of Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 27(a); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4
- F2
Words in s. 24(1)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 27(b); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4
- F3
Words in s. 24(1)(b) substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(10)(c), Sch. 28 para. 27(c); S.S.I. 2005/604, arts. 2(c), 4