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Married person has legal capacity as if not married

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Part 2Separate legal status of married persons

3 Married person has legal capacity as if not married

(1)

A married person—

(a)

has legal capacity for all purposes as if the person were not married; and

(b)

has a legal personality that is independent, separate and distinct from that of the person's spouse.

(2)

Nothing in this Act affects the generality of subsection (1).

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