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Settlements of a married woman’s property
Cap. 176, s. 18 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Nothing in this Act shall interfere with or affect any settlement or agreement for a settlement made or to be made,
whether before or after marriage, respecting the property of any married woman, but no settlement or agreement for a settlement shall have any greater force or validity against creditors of such woman than a like settlement or agreement for a settlement made or entered into by a man would have against his creditors.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection(1) of this section,
a settlement or agreement for a settlement made after the commencement of this Act by the husband or intended husband, whether before or after marriage, respecting the property of any woman he may marry or have married, shall not be valid unless it is executed by her if she is of full age, or confirmed by her after she attains full age, but if she dies an infant, any covenant or disposition by her husband contained in the settlement or agreement shall bind or pass any interest in any property of hers to which he may become entitled on her death and which he could have bound or disposed of in the absence of this subsection.
(3) Nothing in this section shall render invalid any settlement or agreement for a settlement made or to be made under any law relating to infants’ marriage settlements and 15
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