Married Women's Property Act 1884

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Married Women's Property Act 1884 [1]
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to amend the sixteenth section of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882.
Citation 47 & 48 Vict. c. 14
Dates
Royal assent 23 June 1884
Other legislation
AmendsThe Married Women's Property Act 1882

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The whole Act was repealed by section 33(3) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968, subject to section 35(3). [3] The whole Act was repealed, as to the Republic of Ireland, by section 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Married Women's Status Act, 1957.

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References

  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 2 of this Act.
  2. Edward Parker Wolstenholme, Benjamin Lennard Cherry and Willfred Brinton. The Conveyancing Acts, 1881, 1882, and 1892. William Clowes and Sons. London. 1895. Page 274. See also pages 266 and 268.
  3. Public General Statutes