Victorian Consolidated Legislation

MARRIAGE ACT 1958

No. 6306 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 21 September 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title and commencement
   2.      Repeal
   3.      Definitions

   PARTS I-VI-Repealed

           4-131. Repealed

   PART VII-GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF MINORS

   132.    Definitions
   133.    Principle on which questions relating to minors are to be decided
   134.    Equal right of mother to apply to court
   135.    Rights of surviving parent as to guardianship
           136, 137 Repealed
   138.    Power to Court to remove guardian
   139.    Saving
           140-147 Repealed
   148.    Earnings of child
           149-152 Repealed
   153.    Saving
   154.    Repealed
   155.    Rules

   PART VIII-PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN &C.

   156.    Capacity of married women
   157.    "Separate property" and "restraint on anticipation" abolished
   158.    Execution of general power
   159.    Abolition of husband's liability for wife's torts and ante-nuptial contracts debts and obligations
   160.    Husband or wife may sue each other for tort
   161.    Questions between husband and wife as to property
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           SCHEDULE 1.
           2-7-Repealed
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details