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1The Married Women's Property Act, 1874

( ACT NO. III OF 1874 )

[ 24th February, 1874 ]

Chapter II

MARRIED WOMEN'S WAGES AND EARNINGS

Married women's earnings to be their separate property
4. The wages and earnings of any married woman acquired or gained by her after the passing of this Act, in any employment, occupation or trade carried on by her and not by her husband,
 
 
 
 
and also any money or other property so acquired by her through the exercise of any literary, artistic or scientific skill,
 
 
 
 
and all savings from and investments of such wages, earnings and property,
 
 
 
 
shall be deemed to be her separate property, and her receipts alone shall be good discharges for such wages, earnings and property.
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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Government" and "Bangladesh" were substituted, for the words "Provincial Government" and "Pakistan" or "the Province" or "any Province" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).
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