Married Women's Status Act, 1957

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Number 5 of 1957.

MARRIED WOMEN'S STATUS ACT, 1957.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Application of Act.
2.	Capacity of married women.
3.	Property of married women.
4.	Joint capacity of husband and wife.
5.	Property rights of husband and wife.
6.	Abolition of restraint upon anticipation.
7.	Insurance for benefit of spouse or children.
8.	Contracts for benefit of spouse or children.
9.	Criminal proceedings for protection of property of married persons.
10.	Wife's antenuptial debts and liabilities.
11.	Abolition of husband's liability for wife's torts, contracts, debts and obligations.
12.	Determination of questions between husband and wife as to property.
13.	Saving for settlements.
14.	Breaches of trust by married women.
15.	Will of married woman.
16.	Power of attorney of married woman.
17.	Savings as to pending proceedings and enforcement of certain judgments.
18.	Gifts in fraud of creditors.
19.	Consequential repeals.
20.	Short title and commencement.

Enactments Repealed

Acts Referred to
Adoption Act, 1952	No. 25 of 1952

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Number 5 of 1957.

MARRIED WOMEN'S STATUS ACT, 1957.

AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE WITH AMENDMENTS THE LAW RELATING TO THE STATUS OF MARRIED WOMEN AND THE LIABILITIES OF HUSBANDS. [30th April, 1957.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—