Married Women's Property Act Amendment Act 1962 (WA)

1962.1 Married Women's Property. [No. 79.

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY.

11 Elizabeth II., No. LXXIX.

No. 79 of 1962.

AN ACT to amend the Married Women's Property

Act, 1892.

[Assented to 6th December, 1962.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Married 2grigttlie,„.

Women's Property Act Amendment Act, 1962.

(2) In this Act the Married Women's Property 1LeterInoticlien

Act, 1892, is referred to as the principal Act.	Reprinted	Acts under
the authority

o the

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act itmeonrpdomraents Amen

may be cited as the Married Women's Property Act, 19023titof

1892-1962. of 1938.

No. 79.] Married Women's Property. [1962.

S. lA	2.	The principal Act is amended by adding, after
added.

section one, the following section:-

Disposition

of trust	1A. (1) A married woman is able, without
married

estates by	the assistance, participation or concurrence of
women.	her husband, to dispose of, or to join in dis-
U.K. M.W.P.
Act, 1907, s. 1.	posing of, real or personal property held by her
Cf. W.A.
Trustees Act,	solely or jointly with any other person as trustee
1900, s. 21.	or personal representative in like manner as if
she were a feme sole.
(2) This section operates to render valid and confirm all such dispositions as are mentioned in subsection (1) of this section and are made after the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and whether before or after the coming into operation of the Married Women's Property Act Amend- ment Act, 1962, but, where any title or right has been acquired through or with the concurrence of the husband, before the coming into operation of that Act, that title or right prevails over any title or right which would otherwise be rendered valid by this section.
S. 19

amended. 3.

Section nineteen of the principal Act is amended by substituting, for the passage commenc- ing with and including the word "woman" in line four and ending with and including the word "and" in line fourteen, the passage, "woman; but".