Section 9

A husband or a wife shall be entitled to sue each other in tort for the protection or security of his or her property, as the case may be.

In any criminal charge or in any other proceeding relating to the property of a married woman it shall be sufficient to allege such property to be her property.

Married Women 9

No criminal proceeding shall be taken against a husband or wife while they are living together as to or concerning any property claimed by her or him respectively nor while they are living apart as to or concerning any act done by the husband or wife while they were living together concerning property claimed by the wife or husband respectively unless such property has been wrongly taken by the husband or wife when leaving or deserting or about to leave or desert the wife or husband respectively.

In any action or proceedings by a married woman or by a next friend on her behalf, the Court before which such action or proceedings is pending shall have jurisdiction by judgment or order to order payment of the costs of the opposite party out of property which is subject to a restraint on anticipation, and may enforce such payment by the appointment of a receiver and the sale of the property or otherwise as is just.

Wife’s ante-nuptial debts and liabilities