THE MARRIED WOMEN’S PROPERTY ACT, 1874
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, 18652
(10 of 1865), section 4, it is enacted that no
person shall by marriage acquire any interest in the property of the person whom he or she marries,
nor become incapable of doing any act in respect of his or her own property, which he or she 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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