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Section 15

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of Married Women Act 1957

ActIn forceProvision 15 of 16
Section 15
(1)

It is hereby declared that the rights and obligations of a married woman in the States of Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri

Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Terengganu and the

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur were not affected by the Civil

Law (Extension) Ordinance 1951 [Ord. No 49 of 1951], or by the repeal of paragraph 10(a) of the Civil Law Enactment 1937, of the

Federated Malay States [F.M.S. Enact. No. 3 of 1937] by the Civil

Law Act 1956 [Act 67], but that at all times before the commencement of this Act such rights and obligations were in respect of all matters provided for by this Act the same as those of a feme sole.

(2)

Subsection (1) has effect in relation to Muslim married women and their property rights and obligations subject to Islamic law and the customs of the Malays governing the relations be-tween husband and wife so far as the same may be applicable.