### Married Persons Status Ordinance 《已婚者地位條例》

8. Further extension of sections 6 and 7
An application may be made under section 6 (including that section as extended by section 7) by either of the parties to a marriage notwithstanding that their marriage has been dissolved or annulled so long as the application is made within the period of three years beginning with the date on which the marriage was dissolved or annulled; and references in sections 6 and 7 to a husband or a wife shall be construed accordingly. 
(Added 39 of 1972 s. 33) [cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 39 U.K.]

9. Contributions by spouse in money or money’s worth to the improvement of property
It is hereby declared that, where a husband or wife contributes in money or money’s worth to the improvement of real or personal property in which or in the proceeds of sale of which either or both of them has or have a beneficial interest, the husband or wife so contributing shall, if the contribution is of a substantial nature and subject to any agreement between them to the contrary express or implied, be treated as having them acquired by virtue of his or her contribution a share or an enlarged share, as the case may be, in that beneficial interest of such an extent as may have been then agreed or, in default of such agreement, as may seem in all the circumstances just to any court before which the question of the existence or extent of the beneficial interest of the husband or wife arises (whether in proceedings between them or in any other proceedings). 
(Added 39 of 1972 s. 33(3))[cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 37 U.K.]

10. Abolition of husband’s liability for wife’s torts, contracts, debts and obligations
Subject to this Ordinance, the husband of a woman shall not, by reason only of his being her husband, be liable—
(a) in respect of any tort committed by her whether before or after the marriage, or in respect of any contract entered into, or debt or obligation incurred, by her before the marriage; or 
(b) to be sued or made a party to any legal proceedings brought in respect of any such tort, contract, debt or obligation. 
[cf. 1935 c. 30 s. 3 U.K.]

11. Abolition of wife’s agency of necessity
Any rule of law or equity conferring on a wife authority, as agent of necessity of her husband, to pledge his credit or to borrow money on his credit is hereby abrogated. 
[cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 41 U.K.]

### Married Persons Status Ordinance 《已婚者地位條例》

12. Gift in fraud of creditors
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as validating—
(a) as against creditors of the husband, any gift, by a husband to his wife, of any property which, after such gift, continues to be in the order or disposition or reputed ownership of the husband or any deposit or other investment of moneys of the husband made by or in the name of his wife in fraud of his creditors; or 
(b) as against creditors of the wife, any gift, by a wife to her husband, of any property which, after such gift, continues to be in the order or disposition or reputed ownership of the wife or any deposit or other investment of moneys of the wife made by or in the name of her husband in fraud of her creditors, 
and any such money so deposited or invested may be followed as if this Ordinance had not been passed. 
[cf. 1882 c. 75 s. 10 U.K.]

13. Insurance for benefit of spouse or children
(1) This section applies to a policy of assurance or endowment expressed to be for the benefit of, or by its express terms purporting to confer a benefit upon, the wife, husband or child of the insured. 
(2) The policy shall create a trust in favour of the objects therein named. 
(3) The moneys payable under the policy shall not, so long as any part of the trust remains unperformed, form part of the estate of the insured or be subject to his or her debts. 
(4) If it is proved that the policy was effected and the premiums paid with intent to defraud the creditors of the insured, they shall be entitled to receive, out of the moneys payable under the policy, a sum equal to the premiums so paid. 
(5) The insured may by the policy, or by any memorandum under his or her hand, appoint a trustee or trustees of the moneys payable under the policy, and from time to time appoint a new trustee or new trustees thereof, and may make provision for the appointment of a new trustee or new trustees thereof, and for the investment of the moneys payable under any such policy. 
(6) In default of any such appointment of a trustee, such policy, immediately on its being effected, shall vest in the insured and his or her legal personal representatives, in trust for the purposes aforesaid. 
(7) The receipt of a trustee or trustees duly appointed, or in default of any such appointment, or in default of notice to the insurer, the receipt of the legal personal representative of the insured, shall be a discharge to the insurer for the sum secured by the policy, or for the value thereof, in whole or in part. 
[cf. 1882 c. 75 s. 11 U.K.]

### Married Persons Status Ordinance 《已婚者地位條例》

14. Will of married woman
Section 19 of the Wills Ordinance (Cap. 30) (which provides for the cases in which a will is to be construed as speaking from the death of the testator) shall apply to the will of a married woman made during coverture whether she is or is not possessed of or entitled to any property at the time of making it, and such will shall not require to be re-executed or republished after the death of her husband. 
[cf. 1893 c. 63 s. 3 U.K.]

15. Receipts by married infants
A married infant shall have power to give valid receipts for all income (including statutory accumulations of income made during minority) to which the infant may be entitled in like manner as if the infant were an adult. 
[cf. 1925 c. 20 s. 21 U.K.]

16. Power of attorney of married woman
A married woman, whether an infant or not, shall have power, as if she were unmarried and an adult, by deed, to appoint an attorney on her behalf for the purpose of executing any deed or doing any other act which she might herself execute or do. 
[cf. 1925 c. 20 s. 129 U.K.]

17. Savings
For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that nothing in this Ordinance—
(a) renders the husband of a married woman liable in respect of any contract entered into, or debt or obligation incurred, by her after the marriage in respect of which he would not have been liable if this Ordinance had not been passed; 
(b) exempts the husband of a married woman from liability in respect of any contract entered into, or debt or obligation (not being a debt or obligation arising out of the commission of a tort) incurred, by her after the marriage in respect of which be would have been liable if this Ordinance had not been passed; 
(c) prevents a husband and wife from acquiring, holding, and disposing of, any property jointly or as tenants in common, or from rendering themselves, or being rendered, jointly liable in respect of any tort, contract, debt or obligation, and of suing and being sued either in tort or in contract or otherwise, in like manner as if they were not married; 
(d) prevents the exercise of any joint power given to a husband and wife. 
[cf. 1935 c. 30 s. 4(2) U.K.] 

### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Ordinance.
(Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6)