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Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Rights and Duties of Husband and Wife
50. Married women have same rights, etc., as married men
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(1)
Unless otherwise provided in any written law, the rights, privileges, powers, capacities, duties and liabilities of a married woman are, for all the purposes of the law of Singapore (whether substantive, procedural or otherwise), the same in all respects as those of a married man, whether she is acting in a personal, official, representative, fiduciary or other capacity.
married woman
Defined · s 2
“married woman” means a woman validly married under any law, religion, custom or usage;
(2)
Subsection (1) is not limited by the provisions of this Division.