Married Women.
(2) Any instrument executed after the commencement of this Ordinance shall, in so far as it purports to attach to the enjoyment of any property by a woman any restriction upon anticipation or alienation which could not have been attached to the enjoyment of that property by a man, be void.
as
(3) For the purposes of the provisions of this section relating to restrictions upon anticipation or alienation-
(a) an instrument attaching such a restriction aforesaid executed after the commencement of this Ordinance in pursuance of an obligation imposed before such commencement to attach such a restriction shall be deemed to have been executed before such commencement;
(b) a provision contained in an instrument made in exercise of a special power of appointment shall be deemed to be contained in that instrument only and not in the instrument by which the power was created; and
(c) the will of any testator who dies after the 31st day of December, 1945, shall (notwithstanding the actual date of the execution thereof) be deemed to have been executed after the commencement of this Ordinance.
4. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the husband of a married woman shall not, by reason only of his being her husband, be liable-
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(a) in respect of any tort committed by her whether before or after the marriage, or in respect of any contract, entered into, or debt or obligation incurred, by her before the marriage; or
(b) to be sued, or made a party to any legal proceeding brought in respect of any tort, contract, debt or obligation.
25 & 26 Geo. 6. c. 30, s. 3.
Savings. 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30, s. 4.
5. (1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall-
(a) during coverture which began before the 1st day of January, 1883, affect any property to which the title (whether vested or contingent, and whether in possession, reversion, or remainder) of a married woman accrued before that date, except property held for her separate use in equity;
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Married Women.
(2) Any instrument executed after the commencement of this Ordinance shall, in so far as it purports to attach to the enjoyment of any property by a woman any restriction upon anticipation or alienation which could not have been attached to the enjoyment of that property by a man, be void.
as
(3) For the purposes of the provisions of this section relating to restrictions upon anticipation or alienation- (a) an instrument attaching such a restriction
aforesaid executed after the commencement of this Ordinance in pursuance of an obligation imposed before such commencement to attach such a restric- tion shall be deemed to have been executed before such commencement;
(b) a provision contained in an instrument made in exercise of a special power of appointment shall be deemed to be contained in that instrument only and not in the instrument by which the power was created; and
(c) the will of any testator who dies after the 31st day of December, 1945, shall (notwithstanding the actual date of the execution thereof) be deemed to have been executed after the commencement of this Ordinance.
4. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the husband of a married woman shall not, by reason only of his being her husband, be liable-
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Abolition liability for
of husband's
wife's torts and ante- nuptial
debts and
(a) in respect of any tort committed by her whether contracts,
before or after the marriage, or in respect of any obligations. contract, entered into, or debt or obligation incurred, by her before the marriage; or
(b) to be sued, or made a party to any legal proceeding brought in respect of any tort, contract, debt or obligation.
25 & 26
Geo. 6.
c. 30, s. 3.
Savings. 25 & 26
c. 30, s. 4.
5. (1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall- (a) during coverture which began before the 1st day Geo. 5,
of January, 1883, affect any property to which the title (whether vested or contingent, and whether in possession, reversion, or remainder) of a married woman accrued before that date, except property held for her separate use in equity;
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