A husband married after the thirty-first day of December, 1865 sh all not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the debts of hi s wife contracted before marriage, but the wife sh all be liable to be sued for, and sh all, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to satisfy such debts as if he had continued unmarried:
Provided that nothing contained in this section sh all1[* * *] invalidate any contract into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in consideration of hi s wife's ante-nuptial debts.
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1. The words "affect any suit instituted before the passing of this Act, not" rep . b y Act 12 of 1891 , Sec. 2 and Sch. I.