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Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Property
120. Property of Muslim married woman
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The following are deemed to be the property of a Muslim married woman:
(a)
wages and earnings acquired or gained by her during marriage in any employment, occupation or trade carried on by her and not by her husband;
(b)
any money or other property acquired by her during marriage through the exercise of any skill or by way of inheritance, legacy, gift, purchase or otherwise; (c)all savings from, and investments of, such wages, earnings and property.
(2)
Her receipt alone is a good discharge for such wages, earnings and property.
(3)
She may dispose of the same by deed or otherwise and without the concurrence of her husband.