THE MARRIED WOMEN’S PROPERTY ACT, 1874

ACT NO. 3 OF 1874 · Enacted [24th February, 1874]. · 10 sections

I. — PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title.

Section 2.Extent an application.

Section 3.[ Repealed.].

II. — MARRIED WOMEN’S WAGES AND EARNGINGS

Section 4.Married women’s earnings to be their separate property.

III. —INSURANCES BY WIVES AND HUSBANDS

Section 5.Married woman may effect policy of insurance.

Section 6.Insurance by husband for benefit of wife.

IV. —LEGAL PROCEEDINGS BY AND AGAINST MARRIED WOMEN

Section 7.Married woman may take legal proceedings.

Section 8.Wife’s liability for postnuptial debts.

V. —HUSBAND’S LIABILITY FOR WIFE’S DEBTS

Section 9.Husband not liable for wife’s antenuptial debts.

VI. — HUSBAND’S LIABILITY FOR WIFE’S BREACH OF TRUST OR DEVASTATION

Section 10.Extent of husband’s liability for wife’s breach of trust or devastation.