{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-married-women-and-tortfeasors-act-1935/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-married-women-and-tortfeasors-act-1935/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/25-26/30",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-married-women-and-tortfeasors-act-1935",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Capacity of married women.",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, . . . , a married woman shall—\n(a) be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing of, any property; and\n(b) be capable of rendering herself, and being rendered, liable in respect of any tort, contract, debt, or obligation; and\n(c) be capable of suing and being sued, either in tort or in contract or otherwise; and\n(d) be subject to the law relating to bankruptcy and to the enforcement of judgments and orders,\nin all respects as if she were a feme sole.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1962 (c. 48), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/25-26/30/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:44.408290+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}