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Section 2 Property of married women.

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act all property which—

(a)

immediately before the passing of this Act was the separate property of a married woman or held for her separate use in equity; or

(b)

belongs at the time of her marriage to a woman married after the passing of this Act; or

(c)

after the passing of this Act is acquired by or devolves upon a married woman,

shall belong to her in all respects as if she were a feme sole and may be disposed of accordingly:

. . . F1

2)(3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Proviso repealed by Married Women (Restraint upon Anticipation) Act 1949 (c. 78), s. 1, Sch. 2

F2

S. 2(2)(3) repealed by Married Women (Restraint upon Anticipation) Act 1949 (c. 78), s. 1, Sch. 2