Clause 21

by deleting the word “woman” appearing in the first line of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “married woman”;

by deleting the word “separate” appearing in the sixth line of subsection (1) thereof, and in the marginal note thereto;

by deleting the expression “, but, except as aforesaid, no husband or wife shall be entitled to sue the other for a tort” appearing at the end of subsection (1) thereof; and

by deleting subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(3) 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.”.