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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 20, 1936.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
[s.6(1).]
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS EFFECTED BY THE MARRIED WOMEN ORDINANCE, 1936.
Enactments to be amended.
Amendment.
The Married Women's Prop- erty Ordinance, 1906. (Or- dinance No. 5 of 1906).
The Divorce Ordinance, 1932.
(Ordinance No. 35 of 1932).
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In section 11 for the words "her separate estate in the twelfth line there shall be substituted the word she
In
section 15 for the words
"
separate use in the third line there shall be substituted the words own benefit ".
"
In section 16 for the words such
property belonged to her as in the seventh line there shall be substituted the words she.
were
For sub-section (1) of section 18 there shall be substituted the following sub-section :-
(1) In every case of judicial separa- tion, as from the date of the decree and so long as the separation continues, any prop- erty which is acquired by or devolves upon the wife shall not be affected by any restraint upon anticipation attached to the enjoyment by the wife of any property under any settle- ment, agreement for a settle- ment, will, or other instrument; and if she dies intestate it shall devolve as if her husband had been dead.
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