Act of Parliament | |
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Long title | An Act to amend the sixteenth section of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882. |
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Citation | 47 & 48 Vict. c. 14 |
Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 23 June 1884 |
Commencement | 23 June 1884 [a] |
Repealed | 1 January 1969 |
Other legislation | |
Amends | Married Women's Property Act 1882 |
Repealed by | Theft Act 1968 |
Status: Repealed | |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The Married Women's Property Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act relates solely to the giving of evidence in criminal matters, by husband and wife. [2]
The whole act was repealed by section 33(3) of, and part III of schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968, subject to section 35(3). [3] The whole act was repealed, as to the Republic of Ireland, by section 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Married Women's Status Act, 1957.