The Married Women (Restraint upon Anticipation) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 78) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that abolished the doctrine of restraint upon anticipation as applied to the property rights of women in England and Wales.
Provisions Section 1(1) of the act provided that no restriction upon anticipation or alienation attached to the enjoyment of any property by a woman, which could not have been attached to the enjoyment of that property by a man, should be of any effect after its passing. Section 1(3) of the act made consequential amendments to two enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.
Repealed enactments Section 1(4) of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in the second schedule to the act. CitationShort titleExtent of repeal20 & 21 Vict. c. 57Married Women's Reversionary Interests Act 1857In section one, the proviso.56 & 57 Vict. c. 63Married Women's Property Act 1893Section two.4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 59Bankruptcy Act 1914Section fifty-two.15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 18Settled Land Act 1925In section one, in subsection (1), paragraph (iv).In section twenty, in subsection (1), paragraph (x).In section twenty-five, subsection (2).15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 19Trustee Act 1925In section sixty-two, in subsection (1), the words from "and notwithstanding" to "anticipation".15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 20Law of Property Act 1925In section one hundred and fifty-three, in subsection (6), in paragraph (i), the words "or is subject to a restraint on anticipation".In section one hundred and sixty-nine, the words "is restrained from anticipation or from alienation" and the word "or" where it occurs for the third time.25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 30Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act 1935In section two, in subsection (1), the proviso, and subsections (2) and (3).11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 63Agricultural Holdings Act 1948In section eighty-five, in paragraph (a), the words "and is not restrained from anticipation".
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