Stock, etc., to which a married woman is entitled

(1) All deposits in any post office or other savings bank or in any other bank, all annuities of whatever kind and all sums forming part of the public stocks or funds of the Government of Belize, stocks or funds transferable in the books of the Bank of England or any other government which at the commencement of this Act are standing in the sole name of a married woman, and all shares, stocks, debentures, debenture stock or other interests of or in any corporation, company or public body, municipal, commercial or otherwise, or of or in any industrial, provident, friendly, benefit, building or loan society, which at the commencement of this Act are standing in her name, shall be deemed, unless and until the contrary is shown, to be the property of such married woman. (2) The fact that any such deposit, annuity, sum or any other stocks or funds, share, stock, debenture, debenture stock or other interest referred to in subsection (1) of this section, is standing in the sole name of a married woman shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence that she is 9 beneficially entitled thereto, so as to authorise, and empower her to receive or transfer the same, and to receive the dividends, interest and profits thereof, without the concurrence of her husband, and to indemnify the person paying or transferring the same in accordance with her instructions.