Married Womens Status Act 1957’
Number 5 of 1957.
MARRIED WOMEN’S STATUS ACT 1957
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Married Women’s Status Act 1957. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 5 of 1957.
MARRIED WOMEN’S STATUS ACT 1957
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available. A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1977, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Marriage Act 2015 (35/2015)
• Adoption Act 2010 (21/2010)
• Land And Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (27/2009)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (50/2001)
• Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (32/1995)
• Family Law Act 1995 (26/1995)
• Criminal Evidence Act 1992 (12/1992)
• Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 (6/1989)
• Age of Majority Act 1985 2/1985)
• Family Law Act 1981 (22/1981)
• Courts Act 1981 (11/1981)
• Family Home Protection Act 1976 (27/1976)
• Succession Act 1965 (27/1965)
• Companies Act 1963 (33/1963)
All Acts up to and including Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019), enacted 25 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
None.
All statutory instruments up to and including Brown Crab (Conservation Of Stocks) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 26 of 2019), made 1 February 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 5 of 1957.
MARRIED WOMEN’S STATUS ACT 1957.
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Enactments Repealed
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Acts Referred to |
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No. 25 of 1952 |
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Companies Consolidation Act, 1908 |
8 Edw. 7 c. 69 |
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Conveyancing Act, 1881 |
44 & 45 Vic. c. 41 |
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Conveyancing Act, 1882 |
45 & 46 Vic. c. 39 |
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Conveyancing Act, 1911 |
1 & 2 Geo 5 c. 37 |
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Conveyancing Acts, 1881 to 1911 |
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County Offices and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877 |
40 & 41 Vic. c. 56 |
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Excise Management Act, 1841 |
4 & 5 Vic. c. 20 |
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Fines and Recoveries Act, 1834 |
4 & 5 Will. 4 c. 92 |
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Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927 |
No. 16 of 1927 |
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Infants’ Property Act, 1830 (extended to Ireland by the Infants’ Property (Ireland) Act, 1835 |
11 Geo. 4 and 1 Will. 4 c. 65 |
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Land Law ( Ireland) Act, 1881 |
44 & 45 Vic. c. 49 |
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Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland) Act, 1870 |
33 & 34 Vic. c. 46 |
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Larceny Act, 1916 |
6 & 7 Geo 5 c. 50 |
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Leases for Schools (Ireland) Act, 1881 |
44 & 45 Vic. c. 65 |
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Leasing Powers Act for Religious Worship in Ireland Act, 1855 |
18 & 19 Vic. c. 39 |
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Married Women’s Property Act, 1882 |
45 & 46 Vic. c. 75 |
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Married Women’s Property Act, 1884 |
47 & 48 Vic. c. 14 |
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Married Women’s Property Act, 1893 |
56 & 57 Vic. c. 63 |
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Married Women’s Property Act, 1907 |
7 Edw. 7 c. 18 |
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Married Women’s Property (Ireland) Act, 1865 |
28 & 29 Vic. c. 43 |
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Married Women’s Reversionary Interests Act, 1857 |
20 & 21 Vic. c. 57 |
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Real Property Act, 1845 |
8 & 9 Vic. c. 106 |
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Registration of Title Act, 1891 |
54 & 55 Vic. c. 66 |
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Settled Estates Act, 1877 |
40 & 41 Vic. c. 18 |
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Settled Land Act, 1882 |
45 & 45 Vic. c. 38 |
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Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890 |
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Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1908 |
8 Edw. 7 c. 24 |
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Trustee Act, 1893 |
56 & 57 Vic. c. 53 |
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Wills Act, 1837 |
1 Vic. c. 26 |
Number 5 of 1957.
MARRIED WOMEN’S STATUS ACT 1957.
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE WITH AMENDMENTS THE LAW RELATING TO THE STATUS OF MARRIED WOMEN AND THE LIABILITIES OF HUSBANDS. [30th April, 1957.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
E1
Discretion to grant legal aid in respect of proceedings instituted under Act provided (11.10.1996) by Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 (32/1995), s. 28(9)(c)(i), effectively commenced for this purpose on the establishment day by S.I. No. 272 of 1996.
E2
Circuit Court to be known as the Circuit Family Court when exercising its jurisdiction to hear and determine family law proceedings as provided (19.10.1989) by Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 (6/1989), ss. 30 and 31, commenced as per s. 46(2).
E3
Circuit Family Court authorised to hear and determine proceedings instituted under Act at different places, times or days (19.10.1989) by Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 (6/1989), ss. 30 and 32, commenced as per s. 46(2).
E4
Conduct of family proceedings in Circuit Family Court and High Court required to be informal (19.10.1989) by Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 (6/1989), ss. 30 and 33, commenced as per s. 46(2).