Married Women's Property.

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representative

of married

woman.

16. For the purposes of this Ordinance the legal per-

Legal

sonal representative of any married woman shall in respect of her estate have the same rights and liabilities and be subject to the same jurisdiction as she would be if she were living.

45 & 46 Vict.

c. 75, s. 23.

married

woman.

56 & 57 Vict. c. 63, s. 3.

17. Section 24 of the Wills Act, 1837, shall apply to the

Will of

will of a married woman made during coverture whether she is or is not possessed of or entitled to any separate property at the time of making it, and such will shall not require to be re-executed or republished after the death of her husband.

& 1 Vict. c. 26, s. 24.

Ordinance and from 1883.

in force on

1st January,

18. This Ordinance shall be deemed to have been in force in this Colony on and from the 1st day of January, 1883, the date when the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, came into force in England: Provided always that nothing

Savings.

in this Ordinance shall affect-

(a) any judgment or order of any court;

(b) any charge validly created;

(c) any trust validly created; or

(d) any disposition duly made or effected,

if such judgment or order was pronounced or made or such charge or trust created or such disposition made or effected prior to the 15th day of June, 1906.

45 & 46 Vict. c. 75.

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