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Married Women Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part II · Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife
Married Women Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part II · Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
In any question between husband and wife as to the title to or possession of property, either party may apply by summons or otherwise in a summary way to a Judge of the Supreme Court, who may make such order with respect to the property in dispute and as to the costs of and consequent on the application as he thinks fit, or may direct the application to stand over, and any inquiry touching the matters in question to be made in such manner as he thinks fit.
Any order made under this section shall be subject to appeal in the same way as an order made by a Judge in an action pending in the High
Court.
The Judge may, if either party so requires, hear any such application in his chambers.
An application may be made under this section by either of the parties to a marriage notwithstanding that their marriage has been dissolved or annulled so long as the application is made within the period of 3 years beginning with the date on which the marriage was dissolved or annulled;
and references in this section to a husband or a wife shall be construed accordingly.
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