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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 15, 1906.

(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.

of married

Women

5. Every married woman carrying on a trade separately Bankruptcy from her husband shall, in respect of her separate property, be subject to the bankruptcy laws in the same way as if carrying on she were a feme sole.

trade separately. (M.W.P. Act. 1882, section 16.)

6. Every woman who marries after the commencement Property of of this Ordinance shall be entitled to have and to hold as a woman her separate property and to dispose of in mauner aforesaid all married after

the Or- real and personal property whether held by her as a dinance to be Trustee or beneficially which shall belong to her at the held by her time of marriage, or shall be acquired by or devolve upon as a feme her after marriage, including any wages, earnings, money, and property gained or acquired by her in any employment, (M.W.P. trade, or occupation, in which she is engaged, or which Act, 1882.

section 2.) she carries on separately from her husband, or by the exercise of any literary, artistic, or scientific skill.

sole.

husband.

7. Any money or other estate of the wife leut or en- Loans by trusted by her to her husband for the purpose of any trade wife to or business carried on by him, or otherwise, shall be treated as assets of her husband's estate in case of his (M.W.P.

Act, 1882. bankruptcy, unter reservation of the wife's claim to a section 3.) dividend as a creditor 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- Execution ried woman shall have the effect of making the property of general appointed liable for her debts and other liabilities in the power. same manner as her separate estate is made liable under this Ordinance.

(M.W.P. Act, 1882, section 4.)

9. Every woman-married before the commencement of Property acquired this Ordinance shall be entitled to have and, to hold and to after the dispose of in manner aforesaid as her separate property Ordinance all immovable or movable property, including any wages, by a woman carnings, and mouey gained or acquired by her.

married

before the Ordinance to be held by her as a

fome sole.

(M.W.P.. Act, 1882.

section 5.)

&c., to which

10. All deposits in any savings bank, or in any other As to stock. bank, all auunities granted by any person, and all sums a married forming part of any stock or funds transferable in the woman is books of any bank, which at the commencement of entitled. this Ordinance are standing in the sole name of a married (M. W. P. woman, and all shares, stocks, debentures, debenture Act, 1882, section G.) 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 ber name, shall be decined, unless and until the contrary be shown, to be the separate. property of such married woman; and the fact that any such deposit, annuity, sum forming part of any stocks or funds transferable in the books of any bank, share, stock, debeature, debenture stock, or other interest as aforesaid, is standing in the sole name of a married woman, shall be sufficient prima facie evidence that she is beneficially entitled thereto for her separate use, so as to authorise and empower her to receive or transfer the same, and to receive the dividends, and to indemnify all directors, managers, and trustees of every such bank, corporation, company, public body, or society as aforesaid, in respect thereof.

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