Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935

The Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended the law relating to the capacity, property, and liabilities of married women in England and Wales.

Provisions Repealed enactments Section 5(2) of the act repealed 14 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal2 & 3 Anne. c. 20Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1703An Act the title of which begins with the words "An Act for the making more effectuall" and ends with the words "for the same purpose."In section six the words "or women covert without their husbands."43 Geo. 3. c. 108Gifts for Churches Act 1803The Gifts for Churches Act, 1803.In section one the words "nor women covert without their husbands."55 Geo. 3. c. 147Glebe Exchange Act 1815The Glebe Exchange Act, 1815.In section five the words "or femes covert without their husbands"; in section twelve the words "husbands", "feme coverts", and "feme covert"; in section thirteen the word "husbands", and the words "femes covert"; and in section seventeen the words "or feme couvert," "or husband," "or she," and "or feme sole."3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 74Fines and Recoveries Act 1833The Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833.Section twenty-four.4 & 5 Vict. c. 20Excise Management Act 1841The Excise Management Act, 1841.In section seven the words "whose husband shall become insane or idiot or be otherwise rendered incapable of transacting his affairs or whose husband shall be separated from her and be out of the limits of the United Kingdom" and the proviso.4 & 5 Vict. c. 38School Sites Act 1841The School Sites Act, 1841.In section five the words "and her husband".36 & 37 Vict. c. 50Places of Worship Sites Act 1873The Places of Worship Sites Act, 1873.In section one the words "or a married woman" and the word "husband"; and in section three the words "and her husband".45 & 46 Vict. c. 75Married Women's Property Act 1882The Married Women's Property Act, 1882.Sections one to five; in section six the word "separate" where that word first occurs; and the words "for her separate use"; in section seven the word "separate" where that word first occurs, and the words from "whether the same" to "recorded, or not"; in section eleven the words "by virtue of the power of making contracts hereinbefore contained"; in section twelve the word "separate"; in section thirteen the words "in respect and to the extent of her separate property" and the words from "and all sums recovered" to "recovered in respect thereof"; sections fourteen and fifteen; in section twenty-three the word "separate."56 & 57 Vict. c. 63Married Women's Property Act 1893The Married Women's Property Act, 1893.Section one.7 Edw. 7. c. 18Married Women's Property Act 1907The Married Women's Property Act, 1907.In section three the words "which is by virtue of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, made her separate property."1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 46Copyright Act 1911The Copyright Act, 1911.In section sixteen, in subsection (4) thereof, the word "separate."4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59Bankruptcy Act 1914The Bankruptcy Act, 1914.In section fifty-two, the word "separate"; and section one hundred and twenty-five.6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 50Larceny Act 1916The Larceny Act, 1916.In section thirty-six, in subsection (1) thereof the word "separate."20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 17Poor Law Act 1930The Poor Law Act, 1930.In section fourteen, in subsection (4) thereof, the word "separate."

Subsequent developments Section 6 of the act was repealed by section 9(2) of, and schedule 2 to, the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978, which came into force on 1 January 1979.

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