Act Info:
THE MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874
[Act, No. 3 of 1874 ]
[ 24 th February, 1874 ]
PREAMBLE
An Act to explain and amend the law relating to certain married women, for other purposes.
Preamble.-- Whereas it is expedient to make such provision as hereinafter appears for the enjoyment of wages and earnings by women married before the first day of January, 1866 , and for insurances on lives by persons married before or after that day:
And whereas by the Indian Succession Act, 1865 ( 10 of 1865 )1, Sec. 4 , it is enacted that no person sh all by marriages acquire any interest in the property of the person whom he or sh e marries, nor become incapable of doing any act in respect of hi s or her own property, which he or sh e could have done, if unmarried:
And whereas by force of the said Act all women to whose marriages it applies are absolute owners of all property vested in, or acquired by them, and their husbands do not by their marriage, acquire any interest in such property, but the said Act does not protect such husbands from liabilities on account of the debts of their wives contracted before marriage, and does not expressly provide, for the enforcement of claims by or against such wives;
It is hereby enacted as follows:--
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1. The relevant provision of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 ( 39 of 1925 ).