s.10Remedies of married woman for protection and security of her property
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Remedies of married woman for protection and security of her property

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Every woman, shall have in her own name, against all persons, including her husband, the same civil remedies, and also (subject as regards her husband to the proviso hereinafter contained) the same remedies and redress by way of criminal proceedings, for the protection and security of her own property, as if she were a feme sole, but, except as aforesaid, no husband or wife shall be entitled to sue the other for a tort.
In any indictment or other proceedings under subsection (1) it shall be sufficient to allege such property to be her property; and in any proceedings under this section a husband or wife shall be competent to give evidence against each other, any statute or rule of law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided that no criminal proceeding shall be taken by any wife against her husband by virtue of this Law while they are living together as to or concerning any property claimed by her, nor while they are living apart as to or concerning any act done by the husband while they were living together concerning property claimed by the wife, unless such property shall have been wrongfully taken by the husband when leaving or deserting, or about to leave or desert, his wife.

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feme soletortcriminal proceedings

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