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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 18, 1906.
Effect of
4. Every contract hereafter entered into by a married contracts by woman, otherwise than as agent,--
married
women.
(M.W.P. Act. 1893. section 1.
56 and 57 Việt, Chụ. 63.)
Bankruptcy of married
women
carrying on trade
separately.
(M.W.P. Act. 1882, section 16.)
Property of
a woman
married after
the Or- dinance to be held by her as a feme sole.
(M.W.P.
Act, 1882, section 2.)
Loans by wife to husband. (M.W.P. Act, 1882, section 3.)
Execution of general power. (M.W.P. Act, 1882. section 4.)
Property acquired
after the
--
(a.) shall be deemed to be a contract entered into by her with respect to and to bind her separate property whether she is or is not in fact possessed of or entitled to any separate property at the time when she enters into such contract;
(6.) shall bind all separate property which she may at that time or thereafter be possessed of or entitled to; and
(c.) shall also be enforceable by process of law against all property which she may thereafter while discovert be possessed of or entitled to :
Provided that nothing in this section contained shall render available to satisfy any liability or obligation arising out of such contract any separate property which at that time or thereafter she is restrained from anticipating.
5. Every married woman carrying ou a trade separately from her husband shall, in respect of her separate property, be subject to the bankruptcy laws in the same way as if she were a feme sole.
6. Every woman who marries after the commencement of this Ordinance shall be entitled to have and to hold as her separate property and to dispose of in manner aforesaid all real and personal property whether held by her as 2 Trustee or beneficially which shall belong to her at the time of marriage, or shall be acquired by or devolve upon her after marriage, including any wages, earnings, money, and property gained or acquired by her in any employment, trade, or occupation, in which she is engaged, or which she carries on separately from her husband, or by the exercise of any literary, artistic, or scientific skill.
7. Any money or other estate of the wife lent or en- trusted by her to her husband for the purpose of any trade or business carried on by him, or otherwise, shall be treated as assets of her husband's estate in case of his bankruptcy, under reservation of the wife's claim to a dividend as a ereditor for the amount or value of such money or other estate after, but not before, all claims of the other creditors of the husband for valuable considera- tion in money or money's worth have been satisfied.
8. The execution of a general power by will by a mar- ried woman shall have the effect of making the property appointed liable for her debts and other liabilities in the same manner as her separate estate is made liable under · this Ordinance.,
9. Every woman married before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be entitled to have and to hold and to dispose of in manner aforesaid as her separate property by a woman all immovable or movable property, including any wages,
carnings, money gained or acquired by her.
Ordinance
married
before the
Ordinance to
be held by
her as a
feme sole.
(M.W.P.
Act, 1882,
section 5.)
As to stock,
a married woman is entitled. (M. W. P. Act, 1882, section 6.)
10. All deposits in any savings bank, or in any other &c., to which bank, all annuities granted by any person, and all sums forming part of any stock or funds transferable in the books of any bank, which at the commencement of this Ordinance are standing in the sole name of a married woman, and all shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock, or other interests of or in any corporation, com- pany, or public body, municipal, commercial, or other- wise, or of or in any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit, building, or loan society, which at the commencement of this Ordinance are standing in her name, shall be deemed, unless and mutil the contrary be shown, to be the separate