Married Women's Property Act 1884
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Long titleAn Act to amend the sixteenth section of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882.
Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. 14
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
Royal assent23 June 1884
| 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[b] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1969 |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| Repealed by | Theft Act 1968 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |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.[1]
The whole act was repealed for England and Wales and Scotland by section 33(3) of, and part II of schedule 3 to, the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), subject to section 35(3), which came into force on 1 January 1969.[2]
The whole act was repealed, as to the Republic of Ireland, by section 19 of, and the Schedule to, the Married Women's Status Act, 1957.
