Section 7
Married woman may take legal proceedings.
The Married Womens Property Act, 1874
About this Act
An Act to explain and amend the law relating to certain married women, for other purposes.
17. Married women may take legal proceedings.A married woman may maintain a suit in her
own name for the recovery of property of any description which, by force of the said Indian
Succession Act, 18652
(10 of 1865) or of this Act, is her separate property; and she shall have, in her
own name, the same remedies, both civil and criminal, against all persons, for the protection and
security of such property, as is she were unmarried, and she shall be liable to such suits, processes
and orders in respect of such property as she would be liable to if she were unmarried.
Notes
1. Cf. the Married Women's Property Act, 1870 (33 and 34 Vict., c.93), s. 11, rep. By the Married Women's Property Act,
1882 (45 and 46 Vict., c.75).
2. See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925).
2. See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925).